For medical treatment and the borescope of other purposes.In certain embodiments, portable pipe mirror may include softdog, and the softdog includes image processor, and the image processor can be coupled with borescope and can be configured to the imageing sensor from the tip assembly of borescope and receive view data.In certain embodiments, image processor can be couple in the mobile general-purpose calculating appts of borescope.One or more parts of borescope and/or tip assembly can be disposable.In certain embodiments, borescope can be configured at least one of at least one of use duration and access times by borescope or borescope and be limited to pre-configured value.