Direct Visualization of a Device Location

摘要

A display may display a region of an anatomy that is not within the field of effect of an instrument. The additional views may assist in determining a location and orientation of an instrument. The instrument may be tracked with a tracking system to make the determination of image date to display

主权项

1. A system for displaying information, comprising:
a navigation system having a tracking system configured to determine a location of an instrument; a display device configured to display a first image of a subject or a second image of the subject; and a navigation processor configured to execute instructions to determine the location of the instrument for illustrating a representation of the instrument in at least one of a first direction along an axis relative to at least one of the first image of the subject or the second image of the subject or a second direction along the axis relative to at least one of the first image of the subject or the second image of the subject; wherein the first image and the second image are images of portions a distance away from the instrument.