Systems and methods for projecting images onto an object

A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores an image projection system configured to provide education to a student as to an internal anatomical structure, comprising:

• logic configured to continually estimate a skeletal pose and position of a living subject over time from data collected by continually tracking the subject with a motion tracking device external to the subject and to continually determine the real-time pose and position of the subject's internal anatomical structure over the time based on the estimated skeletal pose and position;
• logic configured to continually adjust a three-dimensional model of the internal anatomical structure of the subject to match the determined pose and position;
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• logic configured to continually generate images of the internal anatomical structure for projection onto the subject in registration with the actual internal anatomical structure of the subject to illustrate the location of the structure within the subject to a student, wherein the images of the internal anatomical structure remain in registration with the subject's actual internal anatomical structure as the subject moves because of the continual tracking, adjusting, and generating.

A system for providing education to a student as to an internal anatomical structure, the system comprising:

• an external motion tracking device configured to continually track a living subject over time;
• a projector configured to continually project images onto the subject;
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• a computing device configured to (i) continually receive data from the motion tracking device, continually estimate a skeletal pose and position of the subject from the data, and continually determine the real-time pose and position of the subject's internal anatomical structure over the time based on the estimated skeletal pose and position, (ii) continually adjust a three-dimensional model of the internal anatomical structure to match the determined pose and position, and (iii) continually provide updated images of the internal anatomical structure to the projector for projection onto the subject in registration with the actual internal anatomical structure of the subject to illustrate the location of the structure within the subject to a student, wherein the images of the internal anatomical structure remain in registration with the subject's actual internal anatomical structure as the subject moves because of the continual determining, adjusting, and providing.