Configuring surgical system with surgical procedures atlas

A method for use with a teleoperated surgical system,

• the method comprising:
• recording, for each of a multiplicity of occurrences of a surgical procedure within one or more instances of the surgical system, respective diagnosis data information instances comprising,
• respective images of anatomical tissue within a surgical scene displayed within a viewer of a first instance of the surgical system during a surgical procedure;
• respective surgical instrument control haptics imparted to surgical instrument controls of the first instance of the surgical system in response to forces imparted to the surgical instrument during contact with the anatomical tissue within the surgical scene displayed within a viewer during the surgical procedure;
• producing an information structure in a computer readable storage device that associates respective diagnosis data information with respective diagnoses;
• selecting a respective diagnosis data information instance;
• replaying the recorded images from the selected respective recorded diagnosis data information instance within a viewer of a second instance of the surgical system during a simulation of the surgical procedure;
• imparting the recorded surgical instrument control haptics from the selected respective recorded diagnosis data information instance to surgical instrument controls of the second instance of the surgical system during the replaying of the recorded images during the simulation of the surgical procedure.