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Athary Saleem1, Nathan S Chisvo2, Waleed Yousef1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Abstract:
This chapter is intended to provide a brief overview of the optics of surgical microscopes and rigid endoscopes, with the aim of providing the reader with the principles dictating the nature of surgical visualization when either of the visual control systems is used. It is not by any means geared toward elaborating on the detailed optical physics of these systems, which is beyond the scope and objective of this chapter.
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