Stereoscopic Video Microscope

James F. Butterfield

doi:10.1117/12.959427

11 November 1980 Stereoscopic Video Microscope

James F. Butterfield

Proceedings Volume 0249, Advances in Image Transmission II; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959427
Event: 24th Annual Technical Symposium, 1980, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The new electronic technology of three-dimensional video combined with the established. science of microscopy has created. a new instrument. the Stereoscopic Video Microscope. The specimen is illuminated so the stereoscopic objective lens focuses the stereo-pair of images side-by-side on the video camera's pick-up, tube. The resulting electronic signal can be enhanced, digitized, colorized, quantified, its polarity reverse., and its gray scale expanJed non-linearally. The signal can be transmitted over distances and can be stored on video. tape for later playback. The electronic signal is converted to a stereo-pair of visual images on the video monitor's cathode-ray-tube. A stereo-hood is used to fuse the two images for three-dimensional viewing. The conventional optical microscope has definite limitations, many of which can be eliminated by converting the optical image to an electronic signal in the video microscope. The principal aHvantages of the Stereoscopic Video Microscope compared to the conventional optical microscope are: great ease of viewing; group viewing; ability to easily recohd; and, the capability of processing the electronic signal for video. enhancement. The applications cover nearly all fields of microscopy. These include: microelectronics assembly, inspection, and research; biological, metallurgical, and che.illical research; and other industrial and medical uses. The Stereo-scopic Video Microscope is particularly useful for instructional and recordkeeping purposes. The video microscope can be monoscopic or three dimensional.

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James F. Butterfield "Stereoscopic Video Microscope", Proc. SPIE 0249, Advances in Image Transmission II, (11 November 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959427

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