| abstract |
Disclosed herein is a system for fluorescence aided surgery. The system comprises a storage medium or a data connection with a storage medium storing a 3D data set (28), in particular a medical image, of a patient (10), wherein information regarding a spatial position of one or more fluorescence markers (12) within the body of said patient (10) is included in or associat¬ ed with said 3D patient data set, a visualization tool (66, 58; 72) allowing for augmenting a view or an image of said patient's body (10) with information derived from said 3D patient data set (28), and an apparatus (64, 74) for detecting fluorescence from said one or more fluo¬ rescence markers (12) provided in said patient's body (10). The system further comprises a computation device adapted to derive a spatial relationship between said visualization tool (66, 72) and the patient's body (10), based at least in part on said detected fluorescence of said one or more markers (12), said information regarding said spatial position of said one or more fluorescence markers (12) within the body (10) of said patient included in or associated with said 3D patient data set (28), and a known spatial relationship between the apparatus (64, 74) for detecting fluorescence and said visualization tool (66, 72). |