Instrument control surgical imaging systems

A method, comprising:

• transmitting, by a first scope device, image data of a first scene within a field of view of the first scope device while at least a portion of the first device is positioned within at least one of a natural body lumen and an organ;
• transmitting, by a second scope device, image data of a second scene within a field of view of the second scope device while the second scope device is positioned outside of the at least one of the natural body lumen and the organ, the second scene being different than the first scene;
• transmitting, by a tracking device, a signal indicative of a location of one of the positioned first scope device or second scope device relative to the other positioned first scope device or second scope device;
• receiving, by a controller, the transmitted image data of the first and second scenes and the transmitted signals of the location of the first and second scope devices;
• determining, by the controller and based on the transmitted signal, a relative distance between the first scope device and the second scope device;
• and
• generating, by the controller and based on the transmitted image data and the relative distance between the first and second scope devices, a merged image of at least a portion of at least the first scope device and the second scope device in a single scene, wherein at least one of the first scope device and the second scope device in the single scene is a representative depiction thereof.