Solid State Variable Direction Of View Endoscope With Rotatable Wide-Angle Field For Maximal Image Performance

摘要

An endoscope and endoscopic surgical system for improving the image resolution/performance of a solid state variable direction of view endoscope. The endoscope and endoscopic surgical system has an optical rotator element that optically rotates the entire wide-angle field so as to make any portion of the wide-angle field visible to an image sensor.