A method for imaging involves scanning an anatomical object within a patient and capturing reflected IR light with a plurality of cameras that are separate from the scanner. The IR images captured by the IR cameras are associated together to create an integrated image based on parallax between the IR cameras and the scanner. The integrated image is associated with a separate or optical light image of the anatomical object to generate an intra-operative 3D image that can be created in real-time. Systems for effectuating such imaging may include multiple surgical instruments supporting various cameras positioned to capture different fields of view and to increase parallax.

The present technology relates to a medical observation system, a method, and a medical observation device, which are capable of maintaining accuracy of three-dimensional information, even in a case where a change occurs in an optical system.

A medical observation system acquires operative field data acquired by a medical observation device, detects a change in an optical system of the medical observation device, estimates a parameter representing a state of the optical system after a change occurs in the optical system in a case where the change in the optical system is detected, and sets a generation condition of three-dimensional information based on the operative field data by using an estimation result. The present technology can be applied to a surgery assisting system.

An endoscope (1) having a heating device (7) with at least one stiffened area (9, 10, 27) on a printed circuit board (8). At least one heating element (11) of the heating device is arranged in the stiffened area (9, 10, 27), and the heating device (7) is laid flat, from the outside, on a metallic head part (4) at the distal end (3) of the endoscope.

Systems and methods for a system include a manipulator configured to support an instrument moveable within an instrument workspace, the instrument having an instrument frame of reference; an input device configured to receive a movement command from an operator; and a control system. The control system is configured to determine a difference between an orientation of the instrument and an orientation of a field of view of the instrument workspace; adjust, based on the difference, a mapping to apply to the movement command to generate an implementable movement command for the instrument; further adjust the mapping based on an ergonomic offset to provide for a difference between an orientation of the input device and the orientation of the instrument; map, based on the adjusted mapping, the movement command to a motion of the instrument in the instrument frame of reference; and cause the instrument to move according to the motion.

An apparatus configured for heat dissipation that includes a heat source, a heat sink and a heat conducting element. The heat conducting element conducts heat energy from the heat source to the heat sink along a heat conducting path, and the heat conducting element is arranged in such a way on the heat source and the heat sink and is configured to physically change in such a way with increasing temperature of the heat conducting element that: a) a first cross-sectional area between the heat source and the heat conducting element and/or a second cross-sectional area between the heat conducting element of the heat sink increases, and/or b) a length of the heat conducting path shortens. Further, a video endoscope having such an apparatus and a use of such an apparatus is provided.

Endoscopic systems, non-transitory, machine-readable storage media, and methods for correcting brightness non-uniformity are described. In an embodiment, the endoscopic system includes a light source positioned to emit illumination light onto a scene; a photodetector positioned to receive illumination light reflected off of the scene and configured to generate a scene signal based on the received illumination light; a display; and a controller operatively coupled to the light source, the photodetector, and the display. In an embodiment, the controller including logic that, when executed by the controller, causes the endoscopic system to perform operations including: illuminating the scene with the light source; detecting a scene depth; estimating a scene-specific brightness non-uniformity correction based on the detected scene depth and an endoscopic system brightness non-uniformity profile; and displaying an image of the scene with the display based on the scene signal, the detected scene depth, and the endoscopic system brightness non-uniformity correction.

A medical observation system 1 is provided with an imaging unit 21 which captures an image of a subject to generate a captured image, a distance information acquiring unit which acquires subject distance information regarding subject distances from a specific position to corresponding positions on the subject that correspond to at least two pixel positions in the captured image, and an operation control section 264c which controls at least any of the focal position of the imaging unit 21, the brightness of the captured image, and the depth of field of the imaging unit 21 on the basis of the subject distance information.

An electronic endoscope and a surgical robot. The electronic endoscope comprises an image capturing unit. The image capturing unit comprises: a housing; a lens base, mounted within the housing, the lens base comprising a base body and a thermally-conductive mesa structure protrudingly provided on the base body; and a light source component, comprising a light source provided on the thermally-conductive mesa structure, the thermally-conductive mesa structure being used for conducting the heat generated by the light source. The design of the electronic endoscope provides the light source of the electronic endoscope with excellent cooling, thus mitigating the problem of light attenuation.

An endoscopic system includes a single-use portion and a multiple-use portion. The two portions can be mated and un-mated. The single-use portion includes an elongated cannula that has a bendable section near its distal end providing a “steerable” distal tip. The imaging system includes at least two separate cameras and two separate light sources. The camera and light sources are configured to simultaneously image a target object. By employing different illuminations, different filters and manipulating the spectral responses, different characteristics of the target object can be captured. According to some embodiments, a system processor can coordinate the cameras, the light sources and combine the resulting images to display to an operator an enhanced combined image the object.

Systems and methods of imaging include projecting infrared (IR) light from the endoscope toward the at least one anatomical feature (e.g., the exterior of a liver or lung), capturing the IR light, projecting optical light from the endoscope toward a similar portion of the anatomical feature, and capturing the optical light. Once the IR light and the optical light are captured, both are associated with one another to generate an intra-operative 3D image. This projection and capture of IR and optical light may occur at discrete times during the imaging process, or simultaneously.