Automated objective routine examination of optical quality of rigid endoscopes in a clinical setting.

Automated objective routine examination of optical quality of rigid endoscopes in a clinical setting.

Rigid endoscopes degrade during clinical use due to sterilization, ionizing radiation and mechanical forces. Despite visual checks on functionality at the department of sterilization, surgeons are still confronted with suboptimal instruments as it is difficult to assess this degradation in an object...

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Main Authors: Rens Wientjes, Herke J Noordmans, Jerine A J van der Eijk, Henk van den Brink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3610806?pdf=render

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