VIRTUAL 6-DOF TRACKER FOR SURGICAL NAVIGATION

Disclosed is a method for use in surgical navigation, the method being performed by a computing system and comprising determining a first pose of a first tracker in exactly four degrees of freedom, DOF, determining a second pose of a second tracker in exactly four DOF, and determining, based on the first pose and the second pose, a third pose of a virtual tracker in six DOF, the virtual tracker having a fixed spatial relationship relative to the anatomical object in the six DOF of the third pose. The present disclosure further relates to a computing system, a surgical navigation system and a computer program product.