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Methods of providing a map view of a lung or luminal network using a 3D model

  • US 10,646,277 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2019
  • Issued: 05/12/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing a map view of a lung for navigating a tool during a procedure comprising:

  • generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the lung including at least one target;

    receiving an indication of a target to be navigated to;

    displaying a pathway through the 3D model of the lung to the target;

    determining a location of a probe;

    registering the determined location of the probe to the 3D model;

    displaying a representation of the probe in the 3D model at the determined location;

    determining a new location of the probe;

    removing at least a first portion of the 3D model from the display;

    altering a transparency of a different target displayed in the 3D model; and

    altering the transparency of an airway displayed in the 3D model that obscures one or more of the pathway, an airway tree being navigated, the target, or a representation of the probe displayed in the 3D model.

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