APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOUR DIMENSIONAL SOFT TISSUE NAVIGATION INCLUDING ENDOSCOPIC MAPPING
First Claim
1. A method of constructing a three-dimensional model of an airway or vessel of a patient comprising correlating a three-dimensional location of instrument at an internal position of the patient with image data collected in conjunction with a patient tracking device disposed on an external position of the patient.
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Abstract
A surgical instrument navigation system is provided that visually simulates a virtual volumetric scene of a body cavity of a patient from a point of view of a surgical instrument residing in the cavity of the patient. The surgical instrument navigation system includes: a surgical instrument; an imaging device which is operable to capture scan data representative of an internal region of interest within a given patient; a tracking subsystem that employs electro-magnetic sensing to capture in real-time position data indicative of the position of the surgical instrument; a data processor which is operable to render a volumetric, perspective image of the internal region of interest from a point of view of the surgical instrument; and a display which is operable to display the volumetric perspective image of the patient.
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- 1. A method of constructing a three-dimensional model of an airway or vessel of a patient comprising correlating a three-dimensional location of instrument at an internal position of the patient with image data collected in conjunction with a patient tracking device disposed on an external position of the patient.
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