Currently, development of such hi tech methods of medical imaging as videoendoscopy,
X-ray imaging, and ultrasound imaging is very dynamic. Their on-line continuous application
can improve efficiency of complex procedures made during the so-called minimally invasive
surgery. Significance of this modern kind of surgery is now great and growing. The
major goal of the paper is to present attributes of selected combined methods of imaging
techniques used to aid minimally invasive surgical manipulations. Advantages and limitations
of these methods are discussed here on the basis of several examples of real interventions
practiced by the authors.
