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Table 1 What a digital OR can bring to the surgeon

From: The digital operating room and the surgeon

Distribution of image sources in 1 OR

 Video camera's (e.g., cystoscopy and laparoscopy)

 Computer screens

 PACS

 X-ray

 Ultrasound

 Is distribution plug and play or dedicated

 Maximum sources that can be handled

Broadcasting of image sources from 1 OR

 To all other theaters of the operating theater complex

 To a dedicated room of the hospital

 To each Internet connected to screens worldwide including smartphones and tablets

 With bidirectional audio

 Flexibility of display (e.g. 1 image form 12 theaters in 1 display )

 Distribution controlled by the surgeon

 Little effort and cost to setup

 What is the delay of the image

Can image “enhancement” be integrated

 Image rotation

 Fluorescence

 Spectroscopy

 Overlay of images from previous exams

Recording and reporting

 Standard quality picture

 HD quality picture

 Integrated in operation report

 Integrated in patient file

 High quality recording (>2 GB/h)

 Recording for review (<200 Mb/h)

 Adding text

 Watermark

 Rerecording

Others

 Telephone

 Display of device settings on screen

 Change of device settings by the surgeon