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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
David Scott, Oakland, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher J. Hasser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian Mcdowall, Woodside, CA (US);
Catherine J. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
John D. Stern, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David Scott, Oakland, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher J. Hasser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian McDowall, Woodside, CA (US);
Catherine J. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
John D. Stern, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An endoscope with a stereoscopic optical channel is again held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A capture unit captures (1) at a first time, a first image from light from the channel; and (2) at a second time different from the first time, a second image from the light. Only one of the first image and the second image includes a combination of a fluorescence image and a visible image. The other of the first image and the second image is a visible image. An intelligent image processing system generates an artificial fluorescence image using the captured fluorescence image. An augmented stereoscopic display system outputs an augmented stereoscopic image of at least a portion of the tissue comprising the artificial fluorescence image.