Systems and methods for image reorientation for endoscopic imaging

A method for medical imaging, the method comprising:

• receiving light from a scene at a camera assembly that comprises at least one reflecting optical element and an imaging sensor assembly;
• reflecting light received by the camera assembly from the scene toward the imaging sensor assembly via the at least one reflecting optical element, wherein reflecting the light causes the scene to be at least one of inverted and reverted at the imaging sensor assembly, and wherein the light from the scene is reflected only once before reaching the focusing optical element;
• focusing the reflected light onto the imaging sensor assembly with at least one focusing optical element;
• transmitting image data generated from the focused light from the imaging sensor assembly to a camera controller;
• reorienting the scene by the camera controller to generate a non-inverted and non-reverted image of the scene from the image data generated by the imaging sensor assembly;
• and
• saving by the camera controller the non-inverted and non-reverted image of the scene.