Patent ID: 11931111
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for guiding a surgeon, comprising:
identifying, in a preoperative image of an organ and a body structure associated with the organ, the body structure and a structure of interest (SOI) in the organ;
determining a location of the SOI relative to the body structure in the preoperative image;
generating a reconstructed body structure;
determining a location of the SOI relative to the reconstructed body structure based on the location of the SOI relative to the body structure in the preoperative image;
capturing, by an endoscopic imaging device, an intraoperative image;
determining a location of the endoscopic imaging device relative to a location of the reconstructed body structure;
determining a location of the SOI relative to the intraoperative image based on the location of the SOI relative to the reconstructed body structure and the determined location of the endoscopic imaging device relative to the location of the reconstructed body structure;
producing an image object that represents the SOI; and
displaying the intraoperative image with the image object overlaid on the intraoperative image at the location of the SOI relative to the intraoperative image.