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Method and apparatus for virtual endoscopy

  • US 6,892,090 B2
  • Filed: 08/19/2002
  • Issued: 05/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical instrument navigation system, comprising:

  • a surgical instrument;

    a tracking subsystem operable to capture in real-time position data indicative of the position of the surgical instrument;

    a data processor adapted to receive scan data representative of a region of interest of a given patient and the position data from the tracking subsystem, the data processor being operable to render an image of the region of interest from a point of view which relates to position of the surgical instrument, the image being derived from the scan data; and

    a display in data communication with the data processor, the display being operable to display the image of the patient.

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