Device for selection of an image section from an area of a patient being operated on, for use in surgical navigation assisted systems, automatically displays an image area based on the position of a surgical instrument being used

摘要

Device for selecting an image section of an area of a patient being operated on comprises camera, screen, surgical instrument, navigation and data processing system (13). The data processing system selects the area to display based on the position of the surgical instrument (9) relative to the operation area (3) and accordingly displays different image sections on the screen (14).