Graphical user interface for catheter positioning and insertion

A non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions that, when run by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• identify a target location within a patient anatomy;
• receive a position for a tip portion of an interventional instrument at a first location within the patient anatomy;
• determine a three-dimensional distance between the first location and the target location;
• display on a display system an image that includes a symbol representing the target location and a symbol representing the tip portion of the interventional instrument;
• and
• display on the display system a rotational assist symbol indicating a rotational orientation of the tip portion,
• wherein as the tip portion of the interventional instrument is actuated, the image is displayed so that the symbol representing the tip portion of the interventional instrument is a frame of reference for the image and the symbol representing the target location moves with respect to the symbol representing the tip portion of the interventional instrument to represent a new location of the tip portion relative to the target location.