Method and system for supporting an hf surgical procedure and software program product

A system for supporting an HF surgical procedure in which tissue is treated, comprising:

• an HF instrument including an HF electrode and an HF generator, the HF generator configured to supply the HF instrument with HF current,
• wherein the HF generator is configured to provide a plurality of HF modes adapted to respective ones of a plurality of tissue types;
• an optical capturing device, the optical capturing device provided as part of the HF instrument or connected thereto,
• wherein the optical capturing device is oriented toward the HF electrode such that a field of view of the optical capturing device is configured to encompass a region of the tissue to be treated around the HF electrode during an intended treatment of the tissue;
• and
• an evaluation device configured to (a) perform an optical classification of a tissue type of the tissue in the region of the HF electrode based on optical measurement signals captured by the optical capturing device, and to (b) set a specific HF mode for the tissue type based on the result of the optical classification.