Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation systems
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1. A method of determining a trajectory of an object during a procedure, comprising:
- tracking a three-dimensional position of the object with a tracking system;
storing a first location of the object based on a first tracked location of the object with the tracking system;
executing instructions with a computer processor to determine a second location of the object based on a second tracked location of the object with the tracking system;
generating a first representation of the object at the first location;
generating a second representation of the object at the second location; and
displaying on a display simultaneously both the first representation of the object at the first location and the second representation of the object at the second location.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining, calculating, and/or viewing a trajectory. The trajectory can be displayed on a display relative to image data of a patient. A user can use the system to determine relationships between two or more trajectories that have been determined. The relationships can be within two dimensional, three-dimensional, or four dimensional space. The relationships can include distance, angle, etc. The relationships can also be determined between real time trajectories and stored trajectories, or combinations thereof.
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1. A method of determining a trajectory of an object during a procedure, comprising:
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tracking a three-dimensional position of the object with a tracking system; storing a first location of the object based on a first tracked location of the object with the tracking system; executing instructions with a computer processor to determine a second location of the object based on a second tracked location of the object with the tracking system; generating a first representation of the object at the first location; generating a second representation of the object at the second location; and displaying on a display simultaneously both the first representation of the object at the first location and the second representation of the object at the second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of determining a trajectory of an object during a procedure, comprising:
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tracking a three-dimensional position of the object with a tracking system at a first time and at a second time later than the first time; executing instructions with a computer processor to determine a first location of the object tracked with the tracking system at the first time; storing the first location of the object; executing instructions with the computer processor to determine a second location of the object tracked with the tracking system at the second time, wherein the first location is different than the second location; generating a first representation of the object at the first location; generating a second representation of the object at the second location; and displaying on a display simultaneously both the generated first representation of the object and the generated second representation of the object. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of determining a trajectory of an object during a procedure, comprising:
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tracking a three-dimensional position of the object with a tracking system at a first time and at a second time later than the first time; receiving a signal by a computer processor to store a first location of the object tracked with the tracking system at the first time; storing, based on the received signal, the first location of the object; determining a second location of the object tracked with the tracking system at the second time later than the first time by executing instructions with the computer processor; and displaying on a display simultaneously both a generated first representation of the object and a generated second representation of the object; wherein the displayed first representation and the second representation are generated by the computer processor based on the tracked first location and the tracked second location. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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