Powered Drill Assembly

1 . A system to control operation of an instrument, comprising:

a navigation system configured to determine a pose of the instrument;

an instrument controller configured to operate the instrument according to a selected operation parameter, wherein the instrument controller comprises a processor module configured to execute instructions to alter the operation parameter of the instrument based at least on the determined pose of the instrument; and

a boundary determination system configured to determine a boundary in an image;

wherein the operation parameters are altered based on the determined pose of the instrument relative to the boundary.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instrument is a drill configured to rotate a tool and the controller is configured to alter an operate of the drill to alter a rotation of the tool.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the operation parameters include at least a full rotation parameter and an oscillation parameter.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the boundary determination system comprises:

a display device configured to display an image; and

an input system configured to allow an input of a user regarding a boundary of at least a portion of displayed in the image.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the boundary determination system includes an image segmentation system configured to segment images of the subject.

6 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an operation parameter input system configured to input and store operation parameters;

wherein boundaries are determined within an image of a subject and operation parameters are stored regarding operation of the instrument when at selected pose relative to the boundaries.

7 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an imaging system configured to image the subject; and

the boundary determination system configured to determine a boundary within the images.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the boundary determination system includes a user input to select at least a seed portion.

9 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the oscillation parameter is selected at a distance relative to a boundary in the image.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the boundary determination system includes an image segmentation system configured to segment the images of the subject.

11 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a tracking device configured to be associated with the instrument.

12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor module configured to execute further instructions to alter the operation parameter of the instrument based at least on a machine learning based algorithm.

13 . A method to control operation of an instrument, comprising:

determining a position of the instrument with a navigation system configured to determine a position of the instrument;

determining a boundary in an image; and

controlling an operation of the instrument according to a selected operation parameter, wherein controlling the operation includes executing instructions with a processor module to alter the operation parameter of the instrument based on the determined position of the instrument;

wherein controlling the operation of the instrument is based on the determined position of the instrument relative to the boundary.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

tracking a tracking device associated with the instrument;

wherein the determined position is based on tracking the tracking device.

15 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

configuring the instrument as a drill configured to rotate a tool or oscillate the tool.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the operation parameters include at least a full rotation parameter and an oscillation parameter.

17 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

displaying the image; and

inputting a user selection regarding the boundary of at least a portion the displayed image.

18 . The method of claim 14 , wherein controlling the operation of the instrument includes rotating the tool a first distance from the determined boundary and oscillating the tool a second distance from the boundary.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.

20 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

acquiring an image with an imaging system.

21 . The method of claim 20 , wherein determining the boundary within the image includes receiving a user input to select at least a seed portion.

22 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the oscillation parameter is selected at a distance relative to the determined boundary in the image.

23 . A method to control operation of a drill, comprising:

determining a boundary within an image of a subject; and

controlling an operation of the instrument according to a selected operation parameter by executing instructions with a processor module to alter an operation of the instrument based on a determined position of the instrument relative to the determined boundary;

wherein the operation includes at least a full rotation of a tool driven by the instrument at a first position relative to the boundary and an oscillation of the tool driven by the instrument at a second position relative to the boundary.