Patent Document ID: 9925017
Application ID: 12750742
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image output method for medical navigation in which the positional relationship of a trackable instrument with respect to a part of a patient's body is ascertained, and in which the trackable instrument and the part of the patient's body are displayed in real time in the correct positional relationship on an image output, the method comprising: displaying in real time the part of the patient's body based on virtual image data captured via a medical imaging method and on actual images captured in real time during navigation wherein the virtual image data is displayed on the image output as the primary basis of the image and the actual images captured in real time are correlated with and added into the virtual images as the secondary basis of the image so as to augment the virtual images, wherein the actual images are confined to at least one continuous area of the image output that constitutes less than 50% of the overall area of the image output assembled by the virtual image data and the actual images, and wherein capturing the actual images comprises capturing the actual images using a video image capture unit arranged on the trackable instrument.