| CPC A61B 34/10 (2016.02) [A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02)] | 20 Claims |
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1. An image guided surgery system comprising:
(a) a display;
(b) a set of preoperative images associated with a patient;
(c) a tracked surgical instrument configured to produce a set of instrument location information that is associated with a coordinate system; and
(d) a processor configured to:
(i) segment the set of preoperative images to produce a patient model and associate the patient model with the coordinate system, wherein the patient model comprises a three-dimensional model of the patient's anatomy comprised of a plurality of segments,
(ii) identify, for each segment of the plurality of segments, an anatomical structure of the patient corresponding to each segment,
(iii) determine a filter selection indicative of a surgical procedure to be performed on the patient using the image guided surgery system,
(iv) categorize each segment of the plurality of segments into two or more segment groups based upon the filter selection indicative of the surgical procedure and on the anatomical structure corresponding to the respective segment, wherein each of the two or more segment groups is associated with a different visual characteristic,
(v) render a modified patient model based on the different visual characteristic of each of the two or more segment groups,
(vi) receive a set of virtual camera configurations that define a position and an orientation of a virtual camera within the coordinate system, and
(vii) cause the display to show a virtual camera view of the modified patient model based on the set of virtual camera configurations and the set of instrument location information.
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