Stereo-Microphotography with the Operating Microscope

The Dental Operating Microscope

Endodontic therapy is performed in a naturally dark and confined working space. Operating microscopes were introduced into Endodontics in the early 1990s, and then into endodontic specialty programs in the United States. Since then, operating microscopes have become widely accepted by endodontists and are also increasingly being used by other specialists. The American Association of Endodontist...

Endodontic Therapy: the Operating Microscope

a variety of configurations and magnifications. With the aid of a fiberoptic headlamp system, light can be projected in the line of sight to prevent the creation of shadows in the surgical field and render optimal visualization of the treatment site. However, the magnification of loupes is limited (2.5 to 6.0 ) and their optics are convergent, which creates eye strain and fatigue. In order to a...

A new operating microscope for ocular surgery.

A Remote Operating Slit Lamp Microscope System

N. Tanabe1; K. Go3; Y. Sakurada1; M. Imasawa1; F. Mabuchi1; T. Chiba1; K. Abe4; K. Kashiwagi1,2 1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Yamanashi School of Medicine, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan; 2Department of Community and Family Medicine Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan; 3Department of Computer Media Engineering, Int...

Understanding and caring for an operating microscope

An operating or surgical microscope is an optical instrument that provides the surgeon with a stereoscopic, high quality magnified and illuminated image of the small structures in the surgical area. The optical components of a basic stereo microscope consist of the binocular head, a magnification changer, the objective lens and an illuminator which beams light through the objective lens and ont...