Surgical system with multi-modality image display

摘要

There is provided a method of generating a multi-modality image of a surgical scene, the method comprising: capturing light reflected from a surgical scene; Generating first image information corresponding to a first modality image; Generating second image information corresponding to a second modality image; Selecting a portion of the second modality image based at least in part on the anatomical structure information contained within the selected portion; And simultaneously generating in the display at least a portion of the first modality image and a selected portion of the second modality image of the surgical scene.