Imaging system and method for enabling instrument guidance

Abstract

Imaging system () for enabling instrument guidance in an interventional procedure, comprising: —an input () for obtaining an interventional path () for use in the interventional procedure, the interventional path being planned based on 3D image data () of a patient's interior, and the interventional path being indicative of an entry point () on the patient's exterior; —a camera (-) for obtaining a camera image () of the patient's exterior during the interventional procedure; —a processor () for i) establishing a spatial correspondence between the camera image and the 3D image data, ii) based on the spatial correspondence, calculating a view () of the interventional path that corresponds with the camera image, and iii) combining the view of the interventional path with the camera image to obtain a composite image (); and —a display output () for displaying the composite image on a display ().