Microscope System

• US 20120038761A1
• Filed: 08/10/2011
• Published: 02/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG (Danaher Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG (Danaher Corporation)
• Inventors: Sander, Ulrich
• Application Number:
  US13/206,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20120038761A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/67
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00172 with means for scanning
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/2048 using an accelerometer or inertia sensor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/365 augmented reality, i.e. correlating a live optical image with another image
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/13 Ophthalmic microscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/18 Arrangement of plural eye-testing or -examining apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/20 Surgical navigation systems; Devices for tracking or guiding surgical instruments, e.g. for frameless stereotaxis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/20 Surgical microscopes characterised by non-optical aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 21/0012 Surgical microscopes counterbalanced structures for surgical microscopes G02B7/001
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 21/368 details of associated display arrangements, e.g. mounting of LCD monitor
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 23/2484 Arrangements in relation to a camera or imaging device processing or control of video signals generated by an endoscope H04N23/60, H04N23/70

Abstract

The invention concerns a microscope system (100) comprising a surgical microscope (101), to generate a microscopic image, a laser scanning endoscope (102), to generate an endoscopic image, a reflection device to reflect representations into the microscopic image, and comprising a detector (103), which establishes a position of the endoscope (102) and generates corresponding position data.

Claims

1. A microscope system (100), comprising:

an optical microscope (101) to generate a microscopic image having a first magnification;

a laser scanning endoscope (102) to generate an endoscopic image having a second magnification;

a reflection device to reflect representations into the microscopic image;

a detector (103) to establish a position of the endoscope (102) and generate corresponding position data; and

a first computing unit (105) to determine the position of the tip (104) of the endoscope (102) relative to the microscopic image from the position data of the detector (103);

wherein the reflection device displays the position of the endoscope tip (104) in the microscopic image.

2. The microscope system according to claim 1, wherein the reflection device is arranged to reflect the endoscopic image into the microscopic image.

3. The microscope system according to claim 1, wherein the first computing unit (105) stores the respective position data and/or the position of the endoscope tip (104) relative to the microscopic image after receiving a storage command.

4. The microscope system according to claim 3, further comprising a control unit, operation of which sends the storage command to the first computing unit (105).

5. The microscope system according to claim 4, further comprising a display unit (108) connected to the first computing unit (105) to display the position of the endoscope tip (104) in the microscopic image.

6. The microscope system according to claim 5, wherein the display unit (108) displays the respective stored positions of the endoscope tip (104) in the microscopic image.

7. The microscope system according to claim 1, wherein the reflection device is arranged to reflect the endoscopic image into a separate portion, separately from the microscopic image.

8. The microscope system according to claim 1, further comprising a handling device (107) connected to the endoscope (102), wherein the handling device (107) changes the position of the endoscope tip (104) through handling by a user.

9. The microscope system according to claim 1, further comprising a second computing unit (106), connected to the microscope (101) and endoscope (102) and configured to store the current and/or respective stored position data and/or positions of the endoscope tip (104) relative to the microscopic image, positioned in the image data of a CT image.

10. A microscopy method, comprising:

(A) providing a microscope system (100), comprising;

an optical microscope (101) to generate a microscopic image having a first magnification;

a laser scanning endoscope (102), to generate an endoscopic image having a second magnification;

a reflection device to reflect representations into the microscopic image;

a detector (103) to establish a position of the endoscope (102) and generate corresponding position data; and

a first computing unit (105) to determine the position of the tip (104) of the endoscope (102) relative to the microscopic image from the position data of the detector (103);

wherein the reflection device displays the position of the endoscope tip (104) in the microscopic image;

(B) detecting a position of the endoscope tip (104);

(C) generating position data from the detected position of the endoscope tip (104);

(D) determining a position of the endoscope tip (104) relative to the microscopic image from the generated position data; and

(E) displaying the position of the endoscope tip (104) in the microscopic image.

11. The microscopy method according to claim 10, wherein the position data of the endoscope (102) is stored in image data of a CT image by means of a second computing unit (106).

12. The microscopy method according to claim 10, wherein a line, curve or area is displayed by linking multiple stored position data in the microscopic image and/or CT image.