Patent ID: 8023712

Claim:
A medical system comprising: an image signal acquiring portion for acquiring a signal to generate an image corresponding to a picture of a subject within a test subject; an image generating portion for generating a real-time image of an inside of the test subject based on the signal acquired by the image signal acquiring portion; a detecting portion for detecting at least a position and an orientation of an image position and orientation detecting element in a position which is fixed relative to the image signal acquiring portion, and outputting a detection result as a detection value; a reference image data storage portion for storing reference image data made up of a plurality of anatomical images of the test subject; a guide image generating portion for generating a guide image to provide guide information about at least one of an anatomical position and orientation within the test subject of the real-time image, based on the detection value detected by the detecting portion and the reference image data; and a detection state notification information generating portion for generating detection state notification information to notify a detection state of the detection value detected by the detecting portion.