Advanced Endoscopic Display Technology

描述(由申请人提供)：微创手术程序的发展和使用的增加要求改进内窥镜成像，以提供手术领域的更全面的视角。目前增强内窥镜成像的趋势是向立体观察和真或伪3D感知。然而，目前正在引入的这种系统是基于使用视野有限的标准内窥镜(充其量大约围绕光轴+60度)。在美国国立卫生研究院的持续支持下，InterScience，Inc.目前正在开发一种基于我们获得专利和正在申请专利的C-VIEA技术的直视刚性内窥镜，该技术可以将大于半球(&gt；2p立体立体角)的视野捕捉到单个图像平面上。考虑到越来越多的管理信息系统的使用需要更全面的手术视野，我们建议利用我们的C-View技术为临床医生提供具有深度感知和真实空间配置的视野。这项拟议工作的目的是开发一种与我们的C-View内窥镜技术兼容的投影和显示技术，为临床医生提供深度和空间信息，并可以扩展到立体3D视野可视化。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Increased development and use of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) procedures demand improvements in endoscopic imaging to provide a more comprehensive view of the operating field. Current trends in enhancing endoscopic imaging are toward stereoscopic viewing and true or pseudo 3D perception. However, such systems currently being introduced are based on the use of standard endoscopes with a limited field of view (approximately +60 degrees about the optical axis, at best). With ongoing support from NIH, InterScience, Inc. is currently developing a direct viewing rigid endoscope based on our patented and patent pending C-Viewa technology that can capture a field of view greater than a hemisphere (>2p steradian solid angle) onto a single image plane. In anticipation of the increased use of MIS that demands more comprehensive view of the operating field, we propose to utilize our C-View technology to present the clinician with a field of view with depth perception and true spatial configuration. It is the purpose of the proposed effort to develop a projection and display technology compatible with our C-View Endoscope technology that provides depth and spatial information to the clinician and can be expanded to stereoscopic 3D field visualization.