AN IMAGE CAPTURE UNIT IN A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT

摘要

In a minimally invasive surgical system (200), an image capture unit (325R) includes a lens assembly (304R) and a sensor assembly (320R). Sensor assembly (320R) includes a prism assembly (330R) and coplanar image capture sensors (310R, 315R). Each of the coplanar image capture sensors has a common front end optical structure, e.g., lens assembly (304R). A controller (260) enhances images acquired by the coplanar image capture sensors. The enhanced images may include (a) visible images with enhanced feature definition; (b) images having increased image apparent resolution; (c) images having increased dynamic range; (d) images displayed in a way based on a pixel color component vector having three or more color components; and (e) images having extended depth of field.