Practical Use of Digital Cameras for Microphotography Through the Operating Microscope

Raffi Gurunluoglu; Maziar Shafighi; Kagan Ozer; Hildegunde Piza-Katzer

doi:10.1055/s-2003-42500

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Table of Contents

J Reconstr Microsurg 2003; 19(5): 319-322
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-42500

Practical Use of Digital Cameras for Microphotography Through the Operating Microscope

Raffi Gurunluoglu¹ , Maziar Shafighi¹ , Kagan Ozer² , Hildegunde Piza-Katzer¹

¹Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio

Abstract

ABSTRACT

A practical use of personal digital cameras for taking digital photographs in the microsurgical field through an operating microscope is described. This inexpensive and practical method for acquiring microscopic images at the desired magnification combines the advantages of the digital camera and the operating microscope.

KEYWORDS

Digital - photography - microsurgery

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