Intelligent real-time tool and anatomy visualization in 3D imaging workflows for interventional procedures

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions encoded thereon which when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:

• select and update an image slice from a three-dimensional image volume based on positions of two or more sensors, wherein the two or more sensors are disposed along a length of an instrument configured to be tracked during a medical procedure and are spaced apart from adjacent sensors, wherein the three-dimensional image volume includes the positions of the two or more sensors with respect to a target in the volume, and wherein the one or more processors is configured to select the image slice to include at least one in-plane reference position;
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• generate, in a display, an overlay that indicates reference positions in the image slice to provide feedback for positioning and orienting the instrument, wherein the reference positions include the positions of the two or more sensors and relative offset measurements for the two or more sensors from the image slice.