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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
David Scott, Oakland, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John D. Stern, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Scott, Oakland, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Mountain View, 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 endoscope with a stereoscopic optical channel is held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A capture unit captures (1) a visible first image and (2) a visible second image combined with a fluorescence second image from the light. An intelligent image processing system receives (1) the visible first image and (2) the visible second image combined with the fluorescence second image and generates at least one fluorescence image of a stereoscopic pair of fluorescence images and a visible second image. An augmented stereoscopic display system outputs a real-time stereoscopic image including a three-dimensional presentation including in one eye, a blend of the at least one fluorescence image of a stereoscopic pair of fluorescence images and one of the visible first and second images; and in the other eye, the other of the visible first and second images.