The bundles working together allow the image to be transmitted to the eye of the endoscopist. As stated before, each glass fiber is coated with a glass sheath of lower optical density to prevent the leakage of any light. Drawing of a fiberoptic endoscope system by Susan Srour Return to Endoscopy Menu Computers in Endoscopy A medium is important for endoscopists if they want to exchange patient records and images. Paper records have been easily lost and proven inefficient, making computer databases a seemingly more desirable tool. It is often difficult for endoscopists to transfer images or videos to their referred physicians' centers, because often photographs are the only copies available and cannot be duplicated or released.
Computers are now readily available, easy to use, and relatively inexpensive.
They provide a good medium for communication and image transfer between endoscopists throughout the world. Provided the networking is correct, all of a patient's information can be available to any one of these professionals who wishes to see it - including at home or in another office somewhere. With computers, the need for hand-written reports is eliminated. In order to assure uniform terminology throughout the world, a committee called OMED was formed in 1992 that worked on standardization of the terms used in databases. The reference codes would provide quick reference for users unfamiliar with a specific word in a database.