AUXILIARY IMAGE DISPLAY AND MANIPULATION ON A COMPUTER DISPLAY IN A MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM

摘要

To assist a surgeon performing a medical procedure, auxiliary images generally indicating internal details of an anatomic structure being treated are displayed and manipulated by the surgeon on a computer display screen to supplement primary images generally of an external view of the anatomic structure. A master input device controlling a robotic arm in a first mode may be switched by the surgeon to a second mode in order to function instead as a mouse-like pointing device to facilitate the surgeon performing such auxiliary information display and manipulation.

主权项

1. A method for displaying on a computer display screen an effect of a therapeutic procedure being applied by a therapy instrument to an anatomic structure, comprising:
generating an auxiliary image indicating the effect of the therapeutic procedure being applied by the therapy instrument to the anatomic structure; and displaying a primary image of the anatomic structure overlaid with the auxiliary image on the computer display screen during the therapeutic procedure.