3-D endoscopy through alternating-frame technology

A. Porter McLaurin; Edwin R. Jones Jr.; J. Lorin Mason Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.19913

1 September 1990 3-D endoscopy through alternating-frame technology

A. Porter McLaurin, Edwin R. Jones Jr., J. Lorin Mason Jr.

Proceedings Volume 1256, Stereoscopic Displays and Applications; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19913
Event: Electronic Imaging: Advanced Devices and Systems, 1990, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

A laproscope capable of providing three-dimensional images in real time has been designed and constructed. Initial tests have been made with a prototype instrument that is 1 1 mm in diameter, a size that is typical of scopes currently in use. Images from two separate viewpoints are combined through special folded optics and brought out along a single light path. Electro-optic shutters are used to alternately switch between the two stereoscopically related beams so that the resulting image information can be delivered to a single video camera. The resulting three-dimensional image may then be viewed on a standard television monitor. This laproscope can be operated with the same ease as other scopes presently available.

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A. Porter McLaurin, Edwin R. Jones Jr., and J. Lorin Mason Jr. "3-D endoscopy through alternating-frame technology", Proc. SPIE 1256, Stereoscopic Displays and Applications, (1 September 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19913

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