| CPC G06T 7/248 (2017.01) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/104 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2562/16 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50391 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |

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1. A surgical system comprising:
an imaging system configured to obtain real time intraoperative images of a patient's soft tissue organ;
at least one controller configured to generate a rendered virtual model overlayed on to the real time intraoperative images; and
a display configured to display the rendered virtual model overlayed on to the real time intraoperative images,
wherein the rendered virtual model includes a predefined avoidance region within an anatomy of the patient rendered in a first visual manner, and a predefined acceptable region within the anatomy of the patient rendered in a second visual manner.
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