[LETTERHEAD]



                                   July 25, 1996
                                   VIA FACSIMILE


Image Guided Technologies, Inc.
5710-B Flatiron Parkway
Boulder, CO 80301

           Re:  Registration Statement on Form SB-2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading "Experts" 
with regard to patent matters in the Prospectus that forms a part of the 
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 to be filed in connection with the 
initial public offering of the Common Stock, no par value, of Image Guided 
Technologies, Inc.

Yours very truy,

NIKAIDO, MARMELSTEIN, MURRAY & ORAM LLP

By:  /s/  CHARLES M. MARMELSTEIN 
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          Charles M. Marmelstein