Surgeon Performs World's First 4X HD Surgery

docinthemachine writes with word of some "research just presented at the 65th ASRM on 4K surgery. Using bleeding-edge Hollywood 4K cameras coupled to laparoscopes, surgery was performed in 4K, or 4X the resolution of HD. Since laparoscopy is performed while viewing on a video monitor, this is a huge advancement of resolution and clarity for the surgeon. It only took a million dollars of projectors to show it to the audience."

"bleeding-edge"

[SigILL]

What an unfortunate choice of words.

This guy did an IMAX colonoscopy

[Anonymous Coward]

The reviews were stinky. Entirely too long and the plot seemingly went in circles.

Google is interested in the technology

[sopssa]

I knew the

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that is tattooed on my ass would come handy.

Re:price

[LiquidCoooled]

and $5 million in damages to the MPAA for illegally pirating an episode of ER

4X Surgery

[IorDMUX]

Presenting Sid Meyers's and Issac Asmiov's Fantastic Voyage: The Invisible War

• eXplore dozens of interconnected body systems
• eXpand from cells to organs to systems... to other organisms!
• eXploit body resources and endocrine systems--manipulate amino acids to make new and powerful proteins
• eXterminate the competing infection and bring the body under your command!

Oh... not that kind of 4X? In that case, I'll pass.

Re:"bleeding-edge"

[DeadDecoy]

I'm sure cutting-edge would have been more appropriate.

Re:This guy did an IMAX colonoscopy

[Yvan256]

Not to mention that you couldn't get up and leave as the exit was blocked.

I am impressed

[Yvan256]

I just checked their screenshots on my 1280x1024 17" LCD and I'm really amazed at the picture quality that 4x HD can provide!

Re:price

[Anonymous Coward]

But it was the most expensive machine in the whole hospital, think of the administrators!

This isn't as big a breakthrough

[imakemusic]

This isn't as big a breakthrough as I first thought.

I thought it said "sturgeon".

Re:4X The resolution of HD?

[von_rick]

Not to mention the fact that you can fast forward through the commercials and have an instant replay of everything one might find interesting during such a procedure.

Re:price

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah. I see you have the machine that goes PING.