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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David D. Scott, Oakland, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Mountain View, CA (US);
John D. Stern, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An endoscope with an optical channel is held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A capture unit captures (1) a visible first image at a first time and (2) a visible second image combined with a fluorescence image at a second time. An image processing system receives (1) the visible first image and (2) the visible second image combined with the fluorescence image and generates at least one fluorescence image. A display system outputs an output image including an artificial fluorescence image.