Patent Document ID: 8208708
Application ID: 12294626
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A targeting method for targeting a first object from an entry point to a target point in an object under examination, the method comprising: selecting a two-dimensional image of the object under examination depicting the entry point and the target point, the two-dimensional image acquired by a first imaging modality; displaying the two-dimensional image on a display device; determining a planned path from the entry point to the target point, wherein the planned path has a first direction; recording data representing a fluoroscopic image of the object under examination utilizing a second imaging modality, wherein the fluoroscopic image is recorded under a second direction so that a normal of the second direction of the fluoroscopic image is parallel with the first direction; displaying the fluoroscopic image on the display device; determining whether the object is on the planned path based on a shape and/or position of a projection of the object in the fluoroscopic image.