Abstract: The invention relates to an endoscopic image processing system, which includes an optical digital camera, in particular having great depth of field, and means which, in the detection range of the optical digital camera, generate distance information which is processed together with the image information and is then detected and used in order to generate additional geometric data relating to the image content. The measurement information is obtained from an image of an auxiliary instrument which may be designed as a normal surgical instrument, wherein the image of a section of the auxiliary instrument is extracted from the camera image and serves as a reference parameter for the image scale. On this basis a piece of geometric information is then inserted, true to scale and in fixed relation to the auxiliary instrument, into the current camera image as a virtual measuring or display element.

Abstract: The invention relates to an image processing system, containing an optical digital camera (1) having means (4) that produce information representative of a specified geometric distance within the image using laser light in the detection range of the optical digital camera (1), said information representative of the specified geometric distance being processed together with the image information. Separating means (8) are arranged downstream of the digital camera, said separating means separating the information representative of the specified geometric distance from the image information. Subsequent evaluating means produce a distance value therefrom. Image storage means (9) additionally arranged downstream of the separating means are used to store the recorded image information.

Abstract: The invention relates to an endoscopic image processing system, which includes an optical digital camera, in particular having great depth of field, and means which, in the detection range of the optical digital camera, generate distance information which is processed together with the image information and is then detected and used in order to generate additional geometric data relating to the image content. The measurement information is obtained from an image of an auxiliary instrument which may be designed as a normal surgical instrument, wherein the image of a section of the auxiliary instrument is extracted from the camera image and serves as a reference parameter for the image scale. On this basis a piece of geometric information is then inserted, true to scale and in fixed relation to the auxiliary instrument, into the current camera image as a virtual measuring or display element.

Abstract: The invention relates to an image processing system, containing an optical digital camera (1) having means (4) that produce information representative of a specified geometric distance within the image using laser light in the detection range of the optical digital camera (1), said information representative of the specified geometric distance being processed together with the image information. Separating means (8) are arranged downstream of the digital camera, said separating means separating the information representative of the specified geometric distance from the image information. Subsequent evaluating means produce a distance value therefrom. Image storage means (9) additionally arranged downstream of the separating means are used to store the recorded image information.