The invention relates to a method of forming a very accurate vascular map
or road map to be associated with the current X-ray image during an
invasive vascular intervention. The vascular map is derived from a
four-dimensional model of the vascular tree, that is, from a spatially
three-dimensional, time-dependent model, the time dependency relating to
natural motions of the body such as notably the heartbeat and/or the
respiration. In particular the rhythm of the heartbeat or the respiration
can be determined by means of a sensor so as to be used for synchronized
selection and display of the corresponding three-dimensional vascular
model.