OPTICAL TRACKING

The present invention relates to a computer implemented medical method for identifying a medical device within a medical workspace, wherein the device has a body section and is provided with at least two markers adapted to be recognized by at least one optical camera, which run circumferentially around the body section. The method comprises executing, on a processor of a computer, a step of acquiring, at the processor, codification data describing at least one of the following: the number of the markers, the color of at least one marker, the width of at least one marker, or the spacing between at least two markers. The method also includes the step of determining, by the processor and based on the codification data, device data describing properties of the device. The present invention further relates to a corresponding tracking system, a corresponding non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a corresponding computer.