Patent Document ID: 20090270678
Application ID: 12165189
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A robotic surgical system comprising: an endoscope, held and positioned by the robotic surgical system, comprising: a stereoscopic optical channel for transporting light from tissue; a capture unit coupled to the stereoscopic optical channel, wherein the capture unit captures: (1) at a first time, a first image from the light; and (2) at a second time different from the first time, a second image from the light wherein only one of the first image and the second image includes a combination of a fluorescence image and a visible image; and an other of the first image and the second image is a visible image; and an intelligent image processing system coupled to said capture unit wherein said intelligent image processing system generates an artificial fluorescence image using the captured fluorescence image. an augmented stereoscopic display system coupled to the intelligent image processing system, wherein the augmented stereoscopic display system outputs an augmented stereoscopic image of at least a portion of the tissue comprising the artificial fluorescence image.