| CPC G03H 1/0005 (2013.01) [G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0174 (2013.01); G03H 2001/0061 (2013.01); G03H 2001/2236 (2013.01); G03H 2001/2284 (2013.01); G03H 2226/05 (2013.01); G03H 2227/02 (2013.01); G03H 2270/55 (2013.01); G09G 2340/12 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method for producing an image comprising visual representations of a real internal organ of a patient and a real medical tool which are at least partially hidden from view in the real-world by the patient's body, the image depicting the internal organ and the medical tool as visible, and further as located in space at the same real-world positions as the respective real internal organ and the real medical tool relative to a body of the patient, the method comprising:
(a) obtaining, by a circuitry, a dataset comprising a three-dimensional (3D) location and orientation in space of the following:
i. an imaging device relative to a display;
ii. at least a portion of an internal organ of a patient
(b) tracking, by the circuitry, a location and orientation in space of the medical tool;
(c) generating, by the circuitry, locations of the internal organ and the medical tool relative to the display, based on the dataset and the tracked location of the medical tool;
(d) generating the visual representations of the at least a portion of the internal organ and the portion of the medical tool that are hidden from view;
(e) producing an image which includes the visual representations positioned based on the generated locations; and
(f) displaying, on the display, the image such that the visual representations appear in co-registration with their respective real-world internal organ and medical tool;
wherein the displaying comprises displaying the visual representation of the portion of the medical tool that is hidden from view as an extension of a portion of the real medical tool that is not hidden;
wherein the displaying comprises displaying with depth cues comprising eye focus accommodation corresponding to: a first depth within the real internal organ, and a second depth within the real medical tool.
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