Patent ID: 8228368
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: A61B,G01N,H04N

Abstract:
1. A robotic surgical system comprising: an illumination channel, held and positioned by the robotic surgical system, wherein light from the illumination channel illuminates tissue; a stereoscopic optical channel, held and positioned by the robotic surgical system, configured to transport first light from the tissue; another optical channel, held and positioned by the robotic surgical system, configured to transport second light from the tissue wherein the stereoscopic optical channel is different from the another optical channel; an image capture system comprising: an image processing system coupled to the first capture unit and to the second capture unit to receive the stereoscopic visible image and to receive the fluorescence image, an augmented stereoscopic display system coupled to the intelligent image processing system and to the image capture system, wherein the augmented stereoscopic display system outputs a stereoscopic image comprising a blend of the stereoscopic visible image and the stereoscopic pair of fluorescence images; wherein the augmented stereoscopic display system further comprises: