Patent ID: 11857276
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 8:
9. A method for navigating to a target, the method comprising:
executing a first transfer function for a first range from a location of a probe within the patient's lungs to identify one or more airways within a three-dimensional (3D) rendering of the patient's airways;
executing a second transfer function for a second range from the location of the probe to identify one or more targets within the 3D rendering, the second transfer function configured to distinguish between a density of the one or more targets and a density of structures other than the one or more targets; and
generating a 3D view based on the first transfer function and the second transfer function,
wherein the second transfer function causes the generated 3D view to omit structures other than the one or more targets located beyond the range of the first transfer function to avoid obscuring the view of the one or more targets within the 3D rendering based upon the differing densities between the one or more targets and the structures other than the one or more targets.