USER INTERFACE FOR PHOTONIC TOOLS AND ELECROMAGNETIC TRACKING GUIDED BRONCHOSCOPE

摘要

A system and method to support exploring the interior of an object. The system 100, 200 includes a graphical user interface generator (GG) to generate a graphical user interface (GUI). The graphical user interface (GUI) includes an indicator (NC) of a current position of an interventional tool (IT) inside an object (OB). There is also an exploratory indictor (PC) to indicate material composition and/or type that surrounds the tool's tip (TP) at a current position in the object (OB). The exploratory indicator (PC) includes a pointer element for a current reading against a dial element for a range of possible values.

主权项

1. A system for exploration of the interior of an object, comprising:
an interventional tool having a tip portion for introduction into the object; navigation equipment configured to produce current positional information indicative of a current position of the tip inside the object whilst the tool resides in the object; a probe for introduction into the object, configured to receive non-ionizing radiation reflected off the interior of the object; a spectral analyzer configured to spectrally analyze the received radiation into exploratory information about material composition and/or tissue structure of the object's interior at or around the current tip position of the interventional tool, the exploratory information comprising at least one measurement value for a material type present at or around the current tip position of the interventional tool and/or a scattering measurement value for an amount of scattering as per the received radiation; a graphical user interface generator configured to produce a graphics display on a display unit including, when displayed: i) at least one exploratory information indicator for the scatter measurement value or for the material type measurement value or for a value derived from either or both of said measurement values, the exploratory information indicator comprising a) a pointer element configured to indicate a current reading of at least one of the measurement value or of a current reading of the derived value and b) a dial element configured to indicate a range of values, with the pointer element being displayed against the dial element; and ii) a position indicator for the current positional information of the tip's position in the object's interior; and the system further comprising: the display unit for displaying the graphics display when the system is use.