Systems for comprehensive fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) and related methods
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1. An optical coherence tomography system for imaging a whole eye, the whole eye comprising an anterior segment anterior to a pupil and a posterior segment posterior to a pupil, the system comprising:
- a sample arm including focal optics that are configured to rapidly switch between at least two scanning modes in from about 1.0 ms to about 1.0 second,wherein the at least two scanning modes comprise an anterior segment scanning mode and a posterior segment scanning mode;
wherein the sample arm comprises a fiber input, a collimating lens, a scanning mirror, and an objective lens assembly including optical elements arranged in at least two lens groups;
wherein one lens group is in a first position with respect to a second lens group of the objective assembly in the anterior segment scanning mode and in a second position in the posterior segment scanning mode; and
wherein the one lens group is translated by a distance equal to a focal length of the lens group in switching between the first position for anterior segment scanning and the second position for posterior segment scanning.
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Abstract
Optical coherence tomography systems for imaging a whole eye are provided including a sample arm including focal optics that are configured to rapidly switch between at least two scanning modes in less than about 1.0 second.
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1. An optical coherence tomography system for imaging a whole eye, the whole eye comprising an anterior segment anterior to a pupil and a posterior segment posterior to a pupil, the system comprising:
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a sample arm including focal optics that are configured to rapidly switch between at least two scanning modes in from about 1.0 ms to about 1.0 second, wherein the at least two scanning modes comprise an anterior segment scanning mode and a posterior segment scanning mode; wherein the sample arm comprises a fiber input, a collimating lens, a scanning mirror, and an objective lens assembly including optical elements arranged in at least two lens groups; wherein one lens group is in a first position with respect to a second lens group of the objective assembly in the anterior segment scanning mode and in a second position in the posterior segment scanning mode; and wherein the one lens group is translated by a distance equal to a focal length of the lens group in switching between the first position for anterior segment scanning and the second position for posterior segment scanning. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An optical coherence tomography system for imaging structures of the anterior segment of the eye and posterior structures of the eye in at least two dimensions, the system comprising:
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a sample arm having an optical path including focal optics that are configured to switch between at least two scanning modes, the focal optics are configured to switch between the at least two scanning modes by changing relative positions of two or more optical elements within the optical path of the sample arm, wherein the at least two scanning modes include a first scanning mode configured to focus on an anterior structure of the eye and a second scanning mode configured to pivot through the pupil of the eye prior to focusing on a posterior structure of the eye; wherein the optical path of the sample arm comprises a fiber input, a collimating lens, a scanning mirror and an objective lens assembly including optical elements arranged in at least two lens groups; wherein the groups of the objective lens assembly are in a first relative position in the first scanning mode configured to focus on the anterior structure of the eye and a second relative position in the second scanning mode configured to pivot through the pupil of the eye prior to focusing on the posterior structure of the eye; and wherein a distance between one pair of said lens groups is translated by a distance equal to a focal length of one of the lens groups to switch the system from scanning in the first mode to image an anterior structure of the eye and scanning in a second mode to image a posterior structure of the eye. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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