The invention relates to a method of registering ultrasound image data of
an object and second image data of the object, wherein the second image
data are three-dimensional (3-D) image data. Sets (first sets IUS) of the
ultrasound image data are obtained, wherein each set of ultrasound image
data consists of ultrasound image data of locations within a single plane
of a coordinate system of the ultrasound image data. Sets (second sets
IEX) of 2-D image data from the second image data are extracted, wherein
each set of 2-D image data consists of image data of locations within a
single cut plane of a coordinate system of the second image data (unit
41). One of the first sets (IUS) is compared with one of the second sets
(IEX) and a measure of similarity between the first set (IUS) and the
second set (IEX) is automatically generated (unit 42). The similarity is
optimised by varying the first set (IUS) and/or the second set (IEX) to
be compared (unit 43).