An augmented reality surgical system for viewing an augmented image of a region of interest during a surgical procedure, the system comprising: an image capture device configured to be inserted into a patient and capture an image of the region of interest inside the patient during the surgical procedure; a controller configured to receive the image and apply at least one image processing filter to the image to generate the augmented image, the image processing filter including: a spatial decomposition filter configured to decompose the image into a plurality of spatial frequency bands; a temporal filter which is a bandpass filter that is configured to be applied to the plurality of spatial frequency bands to generate a plurality of temporally filtered bands; an adder configured to add each band in the plurality of spatial frequency bands to a corresponding band in the plurality of temporally filtered bands to generate a plurality of augmented bands; and a reconstruction filter configured to generate the augmented image by collapsing the plurality of augmented bands; and a display configured to display the augmented image to a user during the surgical procedure characterized in that : the image processing filter is adapted to use an edge detection algorithm configured to highlight one or more edges in the image; and the one or more highlighted edges is added to the augmented image. an image capture device configured to be inserted into a patient and capture an image of the region of interest inside the patient during the surgical procedure; a controller configured to receive the image and apply at least one image processing filter to the image to generate the augmented image, the image processing filter including: a spatial decomposition filter configured to decompose the image into a plurality of spatial frequency bands; a temporal filter which is a bandpass filter that is configured to be applied to the plurality of spatial frequency bands to generate a plurality of temporally filtered bands; an adder configured to add each band in the plurality of spatial frequency bands to a corresponding band in the plurality of temporally filtered bands to generate a plurality of augmented bands; and a reconstruction filter configured to generate the augmented image by collapsing the plurality of augmented bands; and a spatial decomposition filter configured to decompose the image into a plurality of spatial frequency bands; a temporal filter which is a bandpass filter that is configured to be applied to the plurality of spatial frequency bands to generate a plurality of temporally filtered bands; an adder configured to add each band in the plurality of spatial frequency bands to a corresponding band in the plurality of temporally filtered bands to generate a plurality of augmented bands; and a reconstruction filter configured to generate the augmented image by collapsing the plurality of augmented bands; and a display configured to display the augmented image to a user during the surgical procedure characterized in that : the image processing filter is adapted to use an edge detection algorithm configured to highlight one or more edges in the image; and the one or more highlighted edges is added to the augmented image. the image processing filter is adapted to use an edge detection algorithm configured to highlight one or more edges in the image; and the one or more highlighted edges is added to the augmented image. <EOS>