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[djmd]

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Does anyone have an experience with live microscope cameras, either video or live feed digital cameras? (other than the standard, 'they are terrible' experience)

Trying to find a system to output a relatively live (without serious degradation of quality) to screen/TV/monitor. For showing surgeons and discussing cases.

Multiheaded scopes are great, if people look in them, and lots of surgeons don't really look/aren't in focus, etc...

 

[CameronFrye]

Does anyone have an experience with live microscope cameras, either video or live feed digital cameras? (other than the standard, 'they are terrible' experience)

Trying to find a system to output a relatively live (without serious degradation of quality) to screen/TV/monitor. For showing surgeons and discussing cases.

Multiheaded scopes are great, if people look in them, and lots of surgeons don't really look/aren't in focus, etc...

We have a series of new cameras that are very good (we now use them at conferences and to beam overnight frozens to attendings who are at home). However, I believe these systems are quite expensive. Here is a link to the software package (Microsuite), although I'm not sure which of the Olympus cameras we are using with the system.

 

[Adrian Cocot]

The Canon DP-70 or DP-20 are their big workhorses for telepath. I think either one is up there in price (2-3 K for the DP20, 7K for the DP70), and the Microsuite software is around 3K. Nice system with excellent image quality, but pretty expensive, you need a full-size PC case to house the interface card (from what I remember) and a lot of the specs are more for taking high-res photos rather than doing live imaging. This is the kind of setup the ASCP wants to use for their educational courses.

There's other, cheaper alternatives. Luminara makes a nice little 2 MP camera for less than 2 grand which gives pretty good image quality up to 40X (if you don't mind some motion blur when you use it) and you connect it by USB. Might be worth looking into if you're only doing a weekly conference.