High Definition Television Implemented in Cardiac Surgery for the First Time
High-definition television (HDTV) equipment was recently installed into the cardiac operating theatre at NYU Medical Center. One system developed by Sony features a small, high definition video camera, DXC-H10, used for the first time in a medical application. Another micro-HDTV camera system, developed by Alan Katz, President of VTS, Inc., is being used for enhanced surgical visualization.
According to Stephen B. Colvin, M.D., Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at NYU Medical Center, " HDTV has taken us to the highest level in our efforts to deliver better care with less trauma, employing the newest technologies including robotics and facilitating transmission of cardiac surgical innovations world-wide for education."
The HDTV system produces a much higher image resolution using 1,000 lines, double the amount used by a conventional camera. "In addition to the improved resolution," stated Eugene A. Grossi, M.D., Director of the Cardiac Research Laboratory, " HDTV gives you a wider field of view, which is a major benefit when performing a surgical procedure."
" The HDTV will serve as an integral part in helping the Medical Center accomplish its various missions," added Grossi. "In addition to performing procedures, we're responsible for teaching residents how to operate." Televising live surgical cases from the operating room is made possible through the use of HDTV.
" This tool helps us in our national and international training initiatives as we transmit actual surgeries including new techniques and innovations in real-time to our colleagues at home and abroad," Dr. Colvin stated. "In addition, it provides a significant improvement for our robotics assisted surgery research and development by virtue of its dramatically higher images definition."
NYU Medial Center's cardiovascular surgeons are assisted in their use of the high-definition system and other video equipment used in surgery by Katz, who adapts the technology specifically to meet the surgeons' needs. According to Katz, ""A problem with low-resolution cameras is that the color bandwidth is not great enough to differentiate between the different layers of tissue inside the heart," Katz explains. "We need HDTV to see all the color variations."
High-definition television (HDTV) equipment was recently installed into the cardiac operating theatre at NYU Medical Center. One system developed by Sony features a small, high definition video camera, DXC-H10, used for the first time in a medical application. Another micro-HDTV camera system, developed by Alan Katz, President of VTS, Inc., is being used for enhanced surgical visualization.
According to Stephen B. Colvin, M.D., Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at NYU Medical Center, " HDTV has taken us to the highest level in our efforts to deliver better care with less trauma, employing the newest technologies including robotics and facilitating transmission of cardiac surgical innovations world-wide for education."
The HDTV system produces a much higher image resolution using 1,000 lines, double the amount used by a conventional camera. "In addition to the improved resolution," stated Eugene A. Grossi, M.D., Director of the Cardiac Research Laboratory, " HDTV gives you a wider field of view, which is a major benefit when performing a surgical procedure."
" The HDTV will serve as an integral part in helping the Medical Center accomplish its various missions," added Grossi. "In addition to performing procedures, we're responsible for teaching residents how to operate." Televising live surgical cases from the operating room is made possible through the use of HDTV.
" This tool helps us in our national and international training initiatives as we transmit actual surgeries including new techniques and innovations in real-time to our colleagues at home and abroad," Dr. Colvin stated. "In addition, it provides a significant improvement for our robotics assisted surgery research and development by virtue of its dramatically higher images definition."
NYU Medial Center's cardiovascular surgeons are assisted in their use of the high-definition system and other video equipment used in surgery by Katz, who adapts the technology specifically to meet the surgeons' needs. According to Katz, ""A problem with low-resolution cameras is that the color bandwidth is not great enough to differentiate between the different layers of tissue inside the heart," Katz explains. "We need HDTV to see all the color variations."