Graphical user interface for planning a procedure

A planning workstation comprising:

• a display system;
• and
• a user input device;
• wherein the planning workstation is configured to:
• display a plurality of interactive windows for a user to view a plan for a medical procedure, wherein each of the plurality of interactive windows displays a different rendering of a model of anatomical passageways;
• display a path through the anatomical passageways to a target of the medical procedure;
• display a virtual image of an instrument within the anatomical passageways;
• display a control point corresponding to a distal end of the instrument in at least one of the plurality of interactive windows;
• receive a user input via the user input device;
• identify a position of the control point based at least on the user input;
• and
• in response to receiving the user input, dynamically update a position of the instrument in at least one of the plurality of interactive windows to match the position of the control point.

A method of planning a medical procedure, the method comprising:

• displaying a plurality of interactive windows on a display system for a user to view a plan for a medical procedure, wherein each of the plurality of interactive windows displays a different rendering of a model of anatomical passageways;
• displaying a path through the anatomical passageways to a target of the medical procedure;
• displaying a virtual image of an instrument within the anatomical passageways;
• displaying a control point corresponding to a distal end of the instrument in at least one of the plurality of interactive windows;
• receiving a user input via a user input device;
• identifying a position of the control point based at least on the user input;
• and
• in response to receiving the user input, dynamically updating a position of the instrument in at least one of the plurality of interactive windows to match the position of the control point.

A non-transitory machine readable medium comprising a plurality of machine readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors associated with a planning workstation are adapted to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• providing a plurality of interactive windows for a user to view a plan for a medical procedure, wherein each of the plurality of interactive windows displays a different rendering of a model of anatomical passageways;
• displaying a path through the anatomical passageways to a target of the medical procedure;
• displaying a virtual image of an instrument within the anatomical passageways;
• displaying a control point corresponding to a distal end of the instrument in at least one of the plurality of interactive windows;
• receiving a user input;
• identifying a position of the control point based at least on the user input;
• and
• in response to receiving the user input, dynamically updating a position of the instrument in at least one of the plurality of interactive windows to match the position of the control point.