M3-Stereo M3-Stereo is meant to be a mobile device to display the information coming from an external source of images: these could come from any monitored spot, for example from endoscopes; they could also come from a pre-recorded movie, with images, relevant for the task at hand.It thus replaces the usual fixed TV-monitor (CRT-display or LCD-screen) as used in operation rooms or during diagnostics. M3-Stereo is comprised of a power unit and a View-Up-Display device, that hardly weighs 150 grams. Both power unit and view-up display are connected by a cable. The power unit contains the power supply and the electronic image treatment. The View-Up Display contains totally new optics and two high resolution LCOS Displays with 1.440.000 pixels in colour. Three-dimensional image M3-Stereo offers an extraordinary three-dimensional colour image. The M3-Stereo concerns the realization of a 3-D image by means of video, by far superior in quality to other 3-D solutions, because a 3D-solution is offered without the loss of either image information or light intensity. Moreover it enables the view of 3-D images without the need for additional polarizing or other auxiliary glasses. At last an answer is given to the desire of the medical practice to have at its disposal a three-dimensional view. View on to the patient remains intact M3-Stereo is a View-Up Display that is mounted on the user's head at the level of his eyebrows. It does not cover the user's eyes. It leaves the view onto the operation table and the patient. Just by lifting up his eyes, the physician is able to see the image of the endoscopes as on a projection screen. By looking down with his eyes the physician sees the patient again, and his hands with instruments. Light weight. The 3-Scope view-up display weighs only 150 grams and is therefore easy to wear. Reduced eye fatigue Work with the 3-Scope requires substantially reduced eye accommodation. The eyes do not have to accommodate continuously to viewing objects at different distances. This results in considerably reduced eye fatigue: it helps the surgeon to concentrate on the essential task for a longer period. Precise observation Because switching one's look between surgical instruments and image screen comes about through a simple movement of the eye pupil, the observation occurs much more quickly and much more precisely, than when the operator would have had to look away from the patient, towards a far away monitor screen. Thanks to the extremely sharp and high resolution image, one can recognize single details in a better way. Such precise observation also enables quicker reactions. All participants see identical images When connecting a stereo-splitter between endoscopes and power unit of the M3-Stereo, several people can attend the operation at the same time, all obtaining an equally good image. Even those participants farther away, or with their back to the monitor screen, because they have to watch the patient or other instruments, can now fully concentrate on the operation. Training of MIS surgeons For this reason M3-Stereo can be used advantageously as a means for training of MIS-physicians. Documentaries about operations It will soon also be possible to record operations with 3-D cameras, and have them replayed as documentaries.
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