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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Wenyi Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Catherine J. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher J. Hasser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John D. Stern, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Catherine J. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher J. Hasser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John D. Stern, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An illumination channel, a stereoscopic optical channel and another optical channel are held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A first capture unit captures a stereoscopic visible image from the first light from the stereoscopic optical channel while a second capture unit captures a fluorescence image from the second light from the other optical channel. An intelligent image processing system receives the captured stereoscopic visible image and the captured fluorescence image and generates a stereoscopic pair of fluorescence images. An augmented stereoscopic display system outputs a real-time stereoscopic image comprising a three-dimensional presentation of a blend of the stereoscopic visible image and the stereoscopic pair of fluorescence images.