A system for capturing high definition surgical imagery comprising a first medical imaging system comprising a microscope and a high definition camera. The first medical imaging system configured to transmit both high definition video and single images to a second medical system. The second medical system comprising a special purpose computer. The special purpose computer comprising a hard drive encrypted using an algorithm selected from FIPS 140-2 Annex A. A color printer. A separate voice recognition device. A separate removable read-write encrypted digital memory. A mobile transport device wherein the mobile transport device contains all elements of the second medical system.
