AUTOMATIC DEPTH SCROLLING AND ORIENTATION ADJUSTMENT FOR SEMI-AUTOMATED PATH PLANNING Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC G01T1/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medical appliances, and more particularly to systems and methods for graphically planning and assisting medical procedures using a graphical interface tool. System includes a processor; memory coupled to the processor which stores a planning module; and a user interface coupled to the processor and configured to permit a user to select a path through a pathway system (148); planning module configured to upload one or more slices of an image volume corresponding to a user-controlled cursor point guided using the user interface such that as the path is navigated the one or more slices are updated in accordance with a depth of the cursor point in the path, wherein the path includes positions within and outside the boundaries of the cavity.

EFFECT: simplification of the working process of medical procedures performance.

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