| abstract |
An image guided navigation system for navigating a region of a patientnincludes an imaging device, a tracking device, a controller, and a display. Thenimaging device generates images of the region of a patient. The tracking devicentracks the location of the instrument in a region of the patient. The controllernsuperimposes an icon representative of the instrument onto the imagesngenerated from the imaging device based upon the location of the instrument.nThe display displays the image with the superimposed instrument. The imagesnand a registration process may be synchronized to a physiological event. Thencontroller may also provide and automatically identify an optimized site tonnavigate the instrument to. |