Comments on: How We Recorded the World’s Highest Resolution Surgical Footage http://docinthemachine.com/2007/08/02/recordhd/ transforming medicine with tomorrow’s technology Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:07:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: sm90 http://docinthemachine.com/2007/08/02/recordhd/#comment-124760 sm90 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:06:48 +0000 http://docinthemachine.com/2007/08/02/recordhd/#comment-124760 These references about the first "true" 1920x1080 (full spec HD) chip available are just not true. Ikegami has had a full res 2/3-inch chip available for quite some time for the surgical OR. Arguably, this camera is more light sensitive than the Optronics camera that Storz uses. Also, the Optronics camera's chip is not true 1080 - it does do some scaling. As for the Sony HD XDCAM recorder - there are quite a few surgeons/hospitals that have been using this system for quite a long time. Again, this is old news. For quality HD video, $15K is a small price to pay. These references about the first “true” 1920×1080 (full spec HD) chip available are just not true. Ikegami has had a full res 2/3-inch chip available for quite some time for the surgical OR. Arguably, this camera is more light sensitive than the Optronics camera that Storz uses. Also, the Optronics camera’s chip is not true 1080 - it does do some scaling.

As for the Sony HD XDCAM recorder - there are quite a few surgeons/hospitals that have been using this system for quite a long time. Again, this is old news. For quality HD video, $15K is a small price to pay.

]]> By: Bill http://docinthemachine.com/2007/08/02/recordhd/#comment-63992 Bill Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:07:13 +0000 http://docinthemachine.com/2007/08/02/recordhd/#comment-63992 Teeir is only on true 1080p chip and that is a Sony sicon chip in the filming marketplace (movies). All the HD chips in the medicla market do not have a native 1080p resolution on the chips; they are all being upprocessed. period. wake up people its is called marketing. Teeir is only on true 1080p chip and that is a Sony sicon chip in the filming marketplace (movies). All the HD chips in the medicla market do not have a native 1080p resolution on the chips; they are all being upprocessed. period. wake up people its is called marketing.

]]> By: Mike Cohen http://docinthemachine.com/2007/08/02/recordhd/#comment-25855 Mike Cohen Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:43:37 +0000 http://docinthemachine.com/2007/08/02/recordhd/#comment-25855 Good to know some surgeons grasp the concept that HD recorded to CD-ROM as MPEG-1 or DiVx is, in fact, not HD. We get discs all teh time in any number of odd formats, and agree that the "dumbing down" settings of systems is just plain silly. I have had some conversations with engineers at Olympus and Storz about capturing good HD imagery. It is funny, you go to medical conventions, and the vendors are showing HD surgery playing off XDCAM decks. How many surgeons do you know who will pay $10,000-$20,000 for a video recorder in the OR? Good to know some surgeons grasp the concept that HD recorded to CD-ROM as MPEG-1 or DiVx is, in fact, not HD. We get discs all teh time in any number of odd formats, and agree that the “dumbing down” settings of systems is just plain silly. I have had some conversations with engineers at Olympus and Storz about capturing good HD imagery. It is funny, you go to medical conventions, and the vendors are showing HD surgery playing off XDCAM decks. How many surgeons do you know who will pay $10,000-$20,000 for a video recorder in the OR?

]]> By: Mitchell http://docinthemachine.com/2007/08/02/recordhd/#comment-24746 Mitchell Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:50:30 +0000 http://docinthemachine.com/2007/08/02/recordhd/#comment-24746 As a video editor at a medical device company, I have always hated the huge difference in quality and standards of video in the operating room. Some cameras will output 1024x1024 images but then the recorders dumb it down to 640x480, cropping the output a bit. A few months ago I was able to edit an HD surgery video, though it was recorded in 1080i it was really a 4x3 video with sidebars. I am excited to hear that there are finally going to be full 1080p 16x9 systems out there! Too bad most OR's will not get these for many years to come As a video editor at a medical device company, I have always hated the huge difference in quality and standards of video in the operating room. Some cameras will output 1024×1024 images but then the recorders dumb it down to 640×480, cropping the output a bit. A few months ago I was able to edit an HD surgery video, though it was recorded in 1080i it was really a 4×3 video with sidebars. I am excited to hear that there are finally going to be full 1080p 16×9 systems out there! Too bad most OR’s will not get these for many years to come

]]> By: Photographic Archiving - Insight for the OR From the Library of Congress » docinthemachine http://docinthemachine.com/2007/08/02/recordhd/#comment-24306 Photographic Archiving - Insight for the OR From the Library of Congress » docinthemachine Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:10:32 +0000 http://docinthemachine.com/2007/08/02/recordhd/#comment-24306 [...] As part of my posts on my research on high definition surgery (and its recording) in the operating room, I posted on the limitations of still photo archiving in the operating room and potential future advances from new compression systems. [...] […] As part of my posts on my research on high definition surgery (and its recording) in the operating room, I posted on the limitations of still photo archiving in the operating room and potential future advances from new compression systems. […]

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