MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIEWING AN ENTRY POINT OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT IN AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE, AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A MEDICAL SYSTEM AND A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT

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The invention relates to a system comprising: a view measurement device adapted to emit an ultrasound view signal and receive a reflected view signal; a view processing device adapted to detect, in the reflected view signal, a target view echo corresponding to an interface between first and second anatomical structures, to measure a flight time between the emission of an ultrasound view signal and the detection of the target view echo, and to represent an external surface of the first anatomical structure from the measured flight times.

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Betz, Randal R Ocean City, US 34 759
Bolger, Ciaran Dublin, IE 17 1378
Bourlion, Maurice Rive de Gier, FR 20 354
Kaelin, Andrè Collonge-Bellerive, CH 2 3
Khoo, Larry Los Angeles, US 9 1157
Williams, John I Fort Wayne, US 8 425
Wong, Hee-Kit Singapore, SG 2 3

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