Patent ID: 8014848

Claim:
A method for visualizing procedural guidelines for positioning a catheter for for administration of a substance to a body portion of a patient, comprising the steps of: displaying an image representation of the body portion including an area in which the administration is to be carried out; displaying in the image representation of the body portion an image representation of a delivering portion of the catheter; indicating in the image representation prior to administration of the substance, in the vicinity of the delivering portion of the catheter, regions or locations which are of particular relevance to the administration according to at least one established guideline for the administration, the established guideline being selected from a group of established guidelines that respectively determine regions or locations in which the delivered substance is expected to spread, the delivering portion of the catheter is to be placed in order to afford a sufficient distance from critical tissue portions, and the delivering portion of the catheter is to be placed in order to afford a sufficient distance from other delivering portions of other catheters.