A system and method for hybrid tracking in surgical navigation is
disclosed. A plurality of tracking technologies is used in a medical
procedure where a reconciler determines an active tracking technology.
The reconciler determines the active tracking technology during the
medical procedure. A switch may then activate one or more tracking
technologies. The determination of which technology or technologies are
to be activated may be based, for example, on metrics measured by each of
the technologies, such as an accuracy measurement. In addition, a display
may present representations based on at least data obtained by one or
more of the tracking technologies. The switch may employ weighted
switching to gradually switch the display of a first representation
corresponding to a first tracking technology to the display of a second
representation corresponding to a second tracking technology, where the
first technology is deactivated and the second technology is activated.