Animated position display of an OSS interventional device

A display controller for controlling a real-time display on a monitor of an animation indicating a current spatial positional relationship between an optical shape sensing (OSS) interventional device and a previously determined target object, the OSS interventional device including an integration of at least one optical shape sensor and at least one interventional tool, the display controller comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• derive the animation indicating the current spatial positional relationship between the OSS interventional device and the target object during an interventional procedure from a shape of the at least one optical shape sensor;
• and
• control the real-time display on the monitor of a reconstructed shape of the OSS interventional device and the animation indicating the current spatial positional relationship between the OSS interventional device and the target object for tracking position and/or deployment of the OSS interventional device relative to the target object during the interventional procedure.

An optical shape sensing (OSS) animated display method for an OSS interventional device, including an integration of at least one optical shape sensor and at least one interventional tool, the OSS animated display method comprising:

• determining a current spatial positional relationship between the OSS interventional device and a previously determined target object during an interventional procedure from a shape of the at least one optical shape sensor;
• deriving an animation indicating the current spatial positional relationship between the OSS interventional device and the target object;
• and
• displaying in real-time during the interventional procedure a reconstructed shape of the OSS interventional device and the animation indicating the current spatial positional relationship between the OSS interventional device and the target object for tracking position and/or deployment of the OSS interventional device relative to the target object.