Patent attributes
A surgical visualization system may be field programmable. The surgical visualization system may include a field programable gate array (FPGA) and a processor. The FPGA may be configured to transform sensor information of backscattered laser light into real-time information of particle movement (e.g., blood cells) in a portion of a surgical field. The processor may be configured to receive an input and, based on that input, to reconfigure the logic elements of the FPGA, changing the operation of the FPGA from a first transform to a second transform. For example, the logic elements of the FPGA may be configured to assess particle movement at a selectable depth and then reconfigured, at the request of a surgeon, to assess aggregate particle movement over multiple depths.
