Patent ID: 11883118
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 25:
26. A method comprising:
receiving a patient image showing at least a portion of a body of a patient and sensor data captured by one or more augmented reality (AR) sensors;
receiving a medical image;
generating a representation of the medical image;
performing coregistration between the patient image and the representation of the medical image to generate a transformation matrix;
superimposing the representation of the medical image onto the patient image based on the transformation matrix to form a superimposed image;
displaying the superimposed image on the display;
receiving a second patient image showing the at least a portion of the body of the patient and sensor data captured by the one or more AR sensors;
determining a change in the at least one anatomical structure based on a change between the first patient image and the second patient image, wherein the change is caused by cutting or drilling within the body of the patient during a surgical intervention; and
updating the superimposed image on the display based on detecting the change in the at least one anatomical structure.