Patent ID: 11972531
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 19:
20. The one or more machine-readable non-transitory storage devices of claim 18, wherein:
providing the measurement of at least the part of the occluded portion of the anatomical structure comprises:
providing the measurement in response to a user selection of two or more discrete portions of the occluded portion of the anatomical structure, wherein at least one of the two or more discrete portions of the occluded portion of the anatomical structure comprises a portion of a boundary of the occluded portion of the anatomical structure; and

the operations further comprise:
presenting, overlaid on the augmented image, a representation of a line connecting the two or more discrete portions along a surface of the anatomical structure on which the two or more discrete portions are located.