A method for non-rigid registration and fusion of images with
physiological modeled organ motions resulting from respiratory motion and
cardiac motion that are mathematically modeled with physiological
constraints. A method of combining images comprises the steps of
obtaining a first image dataset (24) of a region of interest of a subject
and obtaining a second image dataset (34) of the region of interest of
the subject. Next, a general model of physiological motion for the region
of interest is provided (142). The general model of physiological motion
is adapted with data derived from the first image data set (140) to
provide a subject specific physiological model (154). The subject
specific physiological model is applied (172) to the second image dataset
(150) to provide a combined image (122).