Creating a navigation pathway to a target in the lung and method of navigating to the target

A system for performing a surgical procedure, comprising:

• a controller operably coupled to a camera, the controller including a memory and a processor, the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• receive an image captured by the camera;
• identify an image from a plurality of pre-procedure images that corresponds to the image captured by the camera;
• register a location where the image was captured by the camera to a position within a three-dimensional reconstruction of a patient's anatomy;
• display a representation of at least a portion of the camera in the three-dimensional reconstruction at the location where the image was captured;
• receive intraprocedural images from a second, external imaging modality;
• and
• receive, based on the intraprocedural images, confirmation that the displayed position of the representation of the camera in the three-dimensional reconstruction relative to target tissue is accurate.

A system for performing a surgical procedure, comprising:

• an endoscope including a camera;
• and
• a controller operably coupled to the camera, the controller including a memory and a processor, the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• receive an image captured by the camera;
• identify a location within a three-dimensional reconstruction of a patient's anatomy that corresponds to the image captured by the camera;
• register the location where the image was captured by the camera to a position within the three-dimensional reconstruction of the patient's anatomy;
• display a representation of at least a portion of the endoscope in the three-dimensional reconstruction at the location where the image was captured;
• receive intraprocedural images from an external imaging modality;
• and
• receive, based on the intraprocedural images, confirmation that the displayed position of the representation of the endoscope in the three-dimensional reconstruction relative to target tissue is accurate.

A method of performing a surgical procedure, comprising:

• receiving an image captured by a camera;
• identifying an image from a plurality of pre-procedure images that corresponds to the image captured by the camera;
• registering a location where the image was captured by the camera to a position within a three-dimensional reconstruction of a patient's anatomy;
• displaying a representation of at least a portion of the camera in the three-dimensional reconstruction at the location where the image was captured;
• receiving intraprocedural images from an external imaging modality;
• and
• receiving, based on the intraprocedural images, confirmation that the displayed location of the representation of the camera in the three-dimensional reconstruction relative to target tissue is accurate.