Fig 1.
Image of the digiCAMeleon.
Table 1.
Comparative analysis of the 3CCD-HD camera and the videoendoscope digiCAMeleon.
Fig 2.
Comparative images of the endoscopic endonasal approach obtained with the HD-camera (a) and the videoendoscope (b).
Exposure of the pituitary gland enclosed between the internal carotid arteries. The videoendoscope grants proper illumination in each part of field, in both high and low light (shadow) areas. PS: planum sphenoidale; sis: superior intercavernous sinus; ICA: internal carotid artery; Pg: pituitary gland; C: clivus.
Fig 3.
Endoscopic endonasal extended approach to the clivus; comparative images obtained with HD-camera (a) and the videoendoscope (b).
BA: basilar artery; sca: superior cerebellar artery; III: oculomotor nerve; VA: vertebral artery; VI: abducent nerve.
Fig 4.
Frontal transcortical approach to the lateral and third ventricle.
Picture obtained with the aid of the HD-camera (a, c) and the videoendoscope (b, d). FM: foramen of Monro; CP: choroid plexus; SV: septal vein; TSV: thalamo-striate vein; MB: mammilary body; TC: tuber cinereum; *: chiasmatic recess; **: infundibulum.
Fig 5.
Supraorbital approach to the opto-chiasmatic region.
HD-camera (a) and videoendoscopic views (b). ON: optic nerve; Ch: chiasm; PS: planum sphenoidale; Lt: lamina terminalis; ICA: internal carotid artery.”