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

Claim 12:
13. A method for guiding a surgeon, comprising:
receiving an image of a passageway system associated with an organ including one or more passageways and a structure of interest (SOI);
determining a location of the SOI relative to a reconstructed passageway system based on a location of the SOI relative to the passageway system in the received image; and
receiving a plurality of endoscopic images and performing for each endoscopic image of the plurality of endoscopic images:
determining a location of the SOI relative to each endoscopic image based on the location of the SOI relative to the reconstructed passageway system and a relationship between each endoscopic image and the reconstructed passageway system;
producing an image object that represents the SOI; and
overlaying the image object on each endoscopic image at the determined location of the SOI relative to each endoscopic image.