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aparoscopic surgeons work off of visual cues. New
image enhancement technology that brightens dark
areas and intensifies color contrasts lets them view tis-
sue and structures like never before and perform sur-
gery with a level of precision few imagined was possible.
Take fluorescence imaging, for example. Anesthesia providers inject
indocyanine green (ICG), a cyanine dye, into the patient and surgeons
toggle the laparoscopic camera from white light to the near infrared
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
A Closer Look at Image
Enhancement Technology
Help your surgeons see the sharper clarity,
contrast and detail they've been missing.
• ON THE BIG SCREEN Justin Maykel,
MD, prefers to operate with Olympus's
Visera Elite 4K ultra high-definition system.
The platform lets surgeons toggle between
white light and narrow band imaging,
which uses filtered light to enhance the
visibility of vascular structures.
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