METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO-ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA FROM A VIDEO-ENDOSCOPE WITH DISCREET VIEWING DIRECTIONS

摘要

The invention relates to a method for displaying video-endoscopic image data from a video-endoscope with discrete viewing directions (21, 22), in which the viewing direction is changed from a first central viewing direction (21) to a second central viewing direction (22) on the basis of a viewing direction changeover command. The invention also relates to a corresponding video-endoscopy system and to a software program product having program code means. The method according to the invention is distinguished by the fact that, before the change in the viewing direction (21, 22), at least one first image (11) is recorded in the first central viewing direction (21) and, after the change, at least one second image (12) is recorded in the second central viewing direction (22), wherein an image sequence comprising intermediate images (13) between the first image (11) and the second image (12) is displayed in the display, at least some of said intermediate images being generated as superimpositions of the at least one first image (11) and the at least one second image (12), the at least one first image (11) and the at least one second image (12) being offset with respect to one another in accordance with the image angle between the first central viewing direction (21) and the second central viewing direction (22), wherein the chronologically sequential intermediate images (13) each have interpolated central viewing directions (23.1 - 23.7) which extend from the first central viewing direction (21) to the second central viewing direction (22).