Patent ID: 7433505

Claim:
A dental microscopic procedure, using a digital surgical scope comprising: 1) a digital surgical scope comprising a microscope lens assembly for magnifying an optical image of an object and an in-line illumination device for illuminating the object along the same optical axis and from the same direction of the microscope lens assembly; 2) an image data taking device; 3) an image data processing and storing device for manipulating the image taken by the microscope lens assembly and the image data taking device, wherein the image data processing and storing device comprises a database; and 4) one or more displays for displaying the image from the image data processing device, comprising steps for: a) creating an entry in the database for a new patient; b) selecting a predetermined patient and retrieving the related information from the database; c) displaying the retrieved information; d) creating a new exam for the patient; e) opening the exam history and selecting an exam of the patient; f) capturing images; g) enhancing images; h) browsing a history of the patient; and i) selecting and performing functions on the images, wherein the function comprises deleting, exporting, importing, multi-viewing, printing, and managing the images with the database, wherein the step of capturing images comprises steps of: f1) adjusting live image quality by adjusting the camera controls, white balance, RGB color gamma value, viewing area, zoom in, zoom out, and full screen, wherein the camera control comprises gain, offset, and exposure; f2) viewing the adjusted live image; f3) capturing a snapshot image and a video clip; f4) controlling the capturing with a foot pedal or a button; f5) replaying the captured image or video; and f6) viewing details of the image or video by selecting functions of deleting, saving, and refreshing, wherein the step of enhancing images comprises steps of: g1) adjusting the image quality by controlling brightness, contrast, edge enhancement, and histogram contrast; g2) analyzing the images to manipulate the image to rotate, zoom in, zoom out, pan, magnify, and measure geometrical dimension, wherein the geometrical dimension comprises angles, lengths, distances between two points; and g3) annotating the image for adding text and geometrical objects, wherein the geometrical objects comprises lines and shapes, wherein the process of browsing the history of patient comprises of: h1) showing all images in thumbnail format; h2) showing the digital surgical microscope image and X-ray images; h3) showing the comparison of the digital surgical microscope image and the X-ray image; h4) comparing images by selecting multiple images and multi-viewing; and h5) presenting a case for patient by selecting multiple images to present a possible treatment plan or treatment result from previous problems.