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1. A system for generating a photographic image of a surgical field, comprising:
a stereo image capture device for capturing a stereo image stream from two cameras imaging the surgical field; a stereo viewer for displaying the stereo image stream to a surgeon; a stereo image to 3D surface extraction module, implemented as machine readable instructions stored in memory of a computer, that is capable of, when the instructions are executed by a processor of the computer, generating a first 3D model of the surgical field from the stereo image streams; a registration module, implemented as machine readable instructions stored in the memory, that is capable of, when the instructions are executed by the processor, co-registering annotating data with the first 3D model; and a stereo image enhancer, implemented as machine readable instructions stored in the memory, that is capable of, when the instructions are executed by the processor, graphically overlaying at least part of the annotating data onto the stereo image stream to form an enhanced stereo image stream for display by the stereo viewer, wherein the enhanced stereo stream enhances the surgeon's perception of the surgical field. |