Patriots in last
year's Super Bowl
was pretty sweet.)
But ultra-high-defin-
ition video and mon-
itors that are
stretching beyond
55 inches don't
definitively improve
outcomes, so why
should you invest
in a technology just
because surgeons
like how it looks in their living rooms on Sunday afternoons?
Dr. Maykel acknowledges those who question how much more
detail surgeons need to see beyond what standard HD provides, but
says Olympus's Visera Elite 4K ultra high-definition big-screen imaging
platform provides an immersive view of surgery that gives him more
confidence as he's maneuvering around the abdomen's delicate struc-
tures. He also says the technology's crisp, clear views of the surgical
field presented in true-to-life colors help him differentiate between tis-
sue that should be cut and delicate anatomy that he should definitely
avoid.
The Visera Elite platform lets surgeons toggle between white light
and narrow band imaging, which uses filtered light to enhance the
visualization of vessels and other tissues on the mucosal surface.
Ultra-high-definition video also lets him zoom way in on anatomy
without losing a bit of image quality. That's especially helpful, says Dr.
Maykel, when manipulating instruments through the thicker abdomi-
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• BRIGHTER OUTLOOK Karl Storz's Image1 S System with Clara and Chroma image-
enhancement algorithms activated (right). Notice the detail in the back of the image
and how the vascularity is more pronounced.
Karl
Storz
Endoscopy