Guided delivery of prosthetic valve

An image-guided therapeutic device deployment system, comprising:

• a therapeutic device;
• an interventional instrument having an elongated body with a proximal tip and a distal tip, the elongated body including a delivery section adjacent the distal tip for deploying the therapeutic device relative to an anatomical object within an anatomical region,
• wherein the delivery section includes a delivery segment operable for sensing a shape and an orientation of the delivery section within the anatomical region relative to a reference element located at a position along the delivery section, and
• wherein the delivery segment includes:
• an optical fiber including a deformation sensor optic array operable for sensing the shape and the orientation of the delivery section within the anatomical region relative to the reference element;
• and
• an electromagnetic coil for defining the reference element;
• a delivery tracking system in communication with the delivery segment to track a position and an orientation of the therapeutic device relative to the anatomical object as a function of a sensed shape and a sensed orientation of the delivery section within the anatomical region relative to the reference element as sensed by the delivery segment;
• and
• an image guiding system in communication with the delivery tracking system to display an image of an orientation of the therapeutic device relative to a plane of the anatomical object derived from at least one of the sensed shape and the sensed orientation of the delivery section within the anatomical region relative to the reference element,
• wherein the plane is extracted from within a volume image of the anatomical region excluding the therapeutic device.