The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing navigational directions to a user to locate a target anatomical object during a medical procedure via a medical imaging system. The method includes selecting an anatomical region surrounding the object； generating a plurality of real-time two-dimensional images of scenes from the anatomical region and providing the plurality of images to a controller； developing and training a deep learning network to automatically detect and identify the scenes from the anatomical region； automatically mapping each of the plurality of images from the anatomical region based on a relative spatial location and a relative temporal location of each of the identified scenes in the anatomical region via the deep learning network； and providing directions to the user to locate the object during the medical procedure based on the relative spatial and temporal locations of each of the identified scenes.
