The method includes the steps of obtaining atlas data in an atlas coordinate set from a computer-readable atlas of musculoskeletal structure. The atlas contains a data set representing a 3D model of musculoskeletal structure divided into the relevant musculoskeletal anatomic terminology. The method further includes obtaining patient data. The patient data is in a patient coordinate set that corresponds to obtained atlas data in the atlas coordinate set. The atlas data is then morphed by performing a rigid registration between the at least one landmark identified in the patient coordinate set and the corresponding obtained atlas data in the atlas coordinate set and by performing a non-rigid registration of the musculoskeletal structure divided into the relevant contoured fascial compartments, skeletal structures and vascular structures while maintaining the rigid registration of the at least one landmark. The image of the patient coordinate set with the morphed atlas data is then displayed.
