METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING THE POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF A LINEAR INSTRUMENT NAVIGATED WITH RESPECT TO A 3D MEDICAL IMAGE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for displaying the position and orientation of a linear instrument (1) navigated with respect to a 3D medical image (V), wherein: - said linear instrument (1) is coupled to a guide (2); - the guide (2) is tracked by a navigation system with respect to the 3D image (V); - a plane (4) containing the axis of the linear instrument (1) is virtually attached to the guide (2); - a slice reformatted in the 3D image and containing said plane (4) is displayed. Another object of the invention is a system for carrying out said method.