Patent ID: 8629888

Claim:
A method of displaying an intravascular procedure in a virtual environment, the method comprising: displaying information from a first view, a second view, and a third view simultaneously, wherein the first view contains a virtual representation of an anatomical region of a human body and a first virtual representation of an intravascular imaging device disposed in the anatomical region, wherein the second view contains a cross-sectional image of a segment of the anatomical region corresponding to a location of the intravascular imaging device, and wherein the third view contains a second virtual representation of the intravascular imaging device and a virtual control mechanism for moving the second virtual representation of the intravascular imaging device, and wherein the first and second virtual representations of the intravascular imaging device each include a body and a plurality of markers disposed on the body, and wherein the first and second virtual representations of the intravascular imaging device each include a shape and a geometry of the intravascular imaging device; moving the second virtual representation of the intravascular imaging device in response to the virtual control mechanism being moved by a user, wherein the first virtual representation of the intravascular imaging device is moved with respect to the virtual representation of the anatomical region to correspond with the moving of the second virtual representation of the intravascular imaging device; and updating the cross-sectional image as the first virtual representation and the second virtual representation of the intravascular imaging device are being moved, wherein the updated cross-sectional image corresponds to a new location of the intravascular imaging device resulting from the second virtual representation of the intravascular imaging device being moved by the user via the virtual control mechanism.