Summary: Shape-Enhanced Surgical Visualizations and
Medical Illustrations with
Multi-Flash Imaging
Kar-Han Tan1
, James Kobler2
, Rogerio S. Feris3
, Paul Dietz1
, and Ramesh
Raskar1
1
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, USA
2
H. P. Mosher Laryngological Research Laboratory,
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
3
University of California at Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract. We present a novel approach for enhancing images and video
used in endoscopic surgery so that they are better able to convey shape.
Our method is based on multi-flash imaging, in which multiple light
sources are strategically positioned to cast shadows along depth discon-

Source: Ahuja, Narendra - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
California at Santa Barbara, University of - Department of Computer Science, Four Eyes Lab.

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences; Engineering