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11. A method for inserting a tubular element into a patient with a robot system comprising:
loading a 3-D computed tomography scan volume onto a control device of the robot system, the robot system further including a tubular element through which a drill is received;
programming a route for the tubular element to travel through the patient to a target anatomical location on a display, wherein the control device is configured to manipulate the tubular element;
controlling the tubular element with the robot system to guide the tubular element along the programmed route through the patient,
wherein the control device calculates a two-dimensional slice plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the drill attached to the tubular element and iteratively recalculates a slice plane distally down the programmed route and distal to the tubular element as the tubular element is advanced,
wherein each calculated slice plane is a two-dimensional slice perpendicular to the programmed route and to the longitudinal axis of the drill, and wherein each calculated slice plane is a reformatted slice of the 3-D computed tomography scan volume.
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