<P> Basil Hirschowitz and Larry Curtiss invented the first fiber optic endoscope in 1957 . Earlier in the 1950s Harold Hopkins had designed a `` fibroscope '' consisting of a bundle of flexible glass fibres able to coherently transmit an image . This proved useful both medically and industrially , and subsequent research led to further improvements in image quality . Further innovations included using additional fibres to channel light to the objective end from a powerful external source , thereby achieving the high level of full spectrum illumination that was needed for detailed viewing , and colour photography . </P>
<P> Basil Hirschowitz and Larry Curtiss invented the first fiber optic endoscope in 1957 . Earlier in the 1950s Harold Hopkins had designed a `` fibroscope '' consisting of a bundle of flexible glass fibres able to coherently transmit an image . This proved useful both medically and industrially , and subsequent research led to further improvements in image quality . Further innovations included using additional fibres to channel light to the objective end from a powerful external source , thereby achieving the high level of full spectrum illumination that was needed for detailed viewing , and colour photography . </P>
when was the first fiber optic endoscope introduced
when was the first fiber optic endoscope introduced
1957
1957