Method for reducing perceptual conflicts in stereomicroscopic image data

摘要

The invention relates to a method for postprocessing an electronic stereo image (100) of an object area (20), in particular a stereo image (100), generated by an image acquisition device (50) from a surgical microscope, wherein in the beam path of the stereomicroscope (10) between the object area (20 ) and the image capture device (50) a diaphragm (30) is arranged. The stereo image (100) comprises a right partial image (110 ") to be assigned to a right eye of an observer and a left partial image (110 ') to be assigned to a left eye of the observer, in which case the right and left partial images (110', 110") are inserted in both partial images (110 ', 110 "), defined by the diaphragm (30) overlap region (125', 125") determined (step 210). Subsequently, the right field (110 ") and / or the left field (110 ') is provided with a partial masking in an area outside the overlap area (125', 125"), i. the original image information is manipulated in regions, for example, replaced by image information of the other partial image and / or changed in terms of their brightness and / or replaced by a predefined, uniform color. By a suitable choice of the partial masking, disturbing conflicts of perception in the stereo image (100), in particular so-called binocular rivalries and frame violations, can be reduced.