Patent ID: 9603668
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06T

Claim:
1. A method for implementing a dynamic three-dimensional (3D) lung map view for navigating a probe inside a patient's lungs, the method comprising: loading a navigation plan into a navigation system, the navigation plan including a planned pathway shown in a 3D model generated from a plurality of CT images; inserting the probe into a patient's airways, the probe including a location sensor in operative communication with the navigation system; registering a sensed location of the probe with the planned pathway; selecting a target in the navigation plan; presenting a view of the 3D model showing the planned pathway and indicating the sensed location of the probe; navigating the probe through the airways of the patient's lungs toward the target; iteratively adjusting the presented view of the 3D model showing the planned pathway based on the sensed location of the probe; and updating the presented view by removing at least a part of an object forming part of the 3D model.