Patent ID: 8690776

Claim:
A method for image guided surgery, comprising: determining, with a computer system, real-time position and orientation of a first medical device; determining, with the computer system, real-time position and orientation of a second medical device; determining position and orientation of a 2D image area based at least on the determined real-time position and orientation of the second medical device; receiving an image corresponding to the 2D image area from the second medical device in real-time; determining a perspective view of the 2D image area in a virtual 3D space based at least on real-time relative orientation of the second medical device with respect to a position of a user; and causing the one or more displays to display in real-time a perspective view of the image in the virtual 3D space based at least on the real-time relative orientation of the second medical device with respect to the position of the user.