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Video systems designed to display images from a microscope in a video monitor or video printer. These systems typically consist of an adapter that may be used to attach a video camera (typically a charge-coupled device [CCD]) to the optical system of the microscope and an image processor; they also include monitors and recording devices. Many systems include additional devices for measuring and marking the microscopic images. Video systems for microscopes are used for many laboratory and/or clinical applications (e.g., measurement of tissue cross-sections and blood vessel diameters). Dedicated systems with an adapter specially designed for operating microscopes are used in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including colposcopy.
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