Patent ID: 9211058
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of generating an augmented image display in a surgical system comprising: generating, by a controller, a first visible color component output, the first visible color component output being a first acquired component image, and the first visible color component being a first visible color component of a plurality of visible color components of white light; generating, by the controller, a second visible color component output, the second visible color component output including the first acquired component image; including, by the controller, a second acquired component image in the second visible color component output so that the second visible color component output is a combination of both the first acquired component image and the second acquired component image, the second acquired component image representing fluorescence excited by illumination from a first fluorescence excitation illumination source, and the second visible color component being a second visible color component of the plurality of visible color components of white light; generating, by the controller, a third visible color component output, the third visible color component output being the first acquired component image, and the third visible color component being a third visible color component of the plurality of visible color components of white light; receiving, by a color display device, the first visible color component output on a first visible component input of the color display device, the second visible color component output on a second visible component input of the color display device, and the third visible color component output on a third visible component input of the display device; and displaying, on a display screen of the color display device, a monochromatic image combined with the second acquired component image, the second acquired component image being highlighted relative to the monochromatic image, the monochromatic image combined with second acquired component image being a combination of the first, second, and third visible color component outputs.