Method for operating a microsurgical visualization system, and microsurgical visualization system

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a microsurgical visualization system, wherein the microsurgical visualization system comprises at least one camera for capturing a capture region and at least one illumination source for illuminating at least a part of the capture region, wherein a presence of an eye area of a patient in an image captured by means of the at least one camera is identified, wherein a region in the captured image illuminated by the at least one illumination source is identified and/or the illuminated region is determined, and wherein an irradiance is reduced, at least in the identified eye area, by controlling the at least one illumination source if an overlap between the eye area and the illuminated region is ascertained. The invention also relates to a microsurgical visualization system.

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