Three-dimensional vision inside a surgical field demands two perfectly matched camera channels running in lockstep; identical exposure, identical gain, frame-accurate synchronisation, so the surgeon’s stereo display delivers true depth at sub-millimetre scale. Add the requirement for fluorescence-guided overlays at 850 nm or 940 nm, and the sensor must see clearly in both visible and near-infrared bands without swapping hardware. The AE-CCM-AR0830-M-78 pairs an 8 MP monochrome sensor with enhanced NIR response, multi-sensor synchronisation triggers, and a 4-lane MIPI interface that sustains 60 fps at full 4K resolution — giving surgical OEMs a single module that covers white-light stereo, NIR fluorescence, and structured-light depth mapping in one compact footprint.