| abstract |
In a system for the producing and displaying a virtual access channel in medical images, having a computer with a monitor, and a position and orientation-capturing operating unit and a method for producing and displaying such a virtual access channel in medical 3D images, the computer contains a preoperatively obtained 3D data record of a patient to be examined and can display this as a 3D image and is connected with the operating unit such that a virtual optical channel of the 3D data record is excised from the data record based on a registration between the operating unit and the data record as well as based on different channel parameters, and is displayed on the monitor of the computer. |