Method and system for optical coherence tomography
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1. A method for acquiring an image of an object using an optical coherence tomography system, the method comprising the steps of:
- coupling light generated by an illumination light source into an interferometer;
irradiating the object with light emitted by the interferometer and feeding back light reflected by the object into the interferometer;
detecting the light fed back into the interferometer;
deriving an image of the object from the detected light;
examining whether information relating to the object or a portion of the object is available to the optical coherence tomography system, andwhen an optical coherence tomography image acquisition session of the optical coherence tomography system is running and the information is available to the optical coherence tomography system;
indicating to a user that the information is available; and
requesting the user for an input whether the information shall be stored in a file and assigned to or correlated with the image of the object; and
depending on the input from the user, assigning or correlating the image of the object to or with, respectively, the file containing the information relating to the object.
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Abstract
A method and system for acquiring an image of an object using optical coherence tomography using an interferometer and a detector, wherein the object is irradiated with light emitted by the interferometer, light reflected by the object is fed back into the interferometer and detected by the detector, the image of the object is derived from the detected light, and a file containing information, in particular graphical information and/or photographic image information, relating to the object is assigned to and/or correlated with the image of the object.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for acquiring an image of an object using an optical coherence tomography system, the method comprising the steps of:
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coupling light generated by an illumination light source into an interferometer; irradiating the object with light emitted by the interferometer and feeding back light reflected by the object into the interferometer; detecting the light fed back into the interferometer; deriving an image of the object from the detected light; examining whether information relating to the object or a portion of the object is available to the optical coherence tomography system, and when an optical coherence tomography image acquisition session of the optical coherence tomography system is running and the information is available to the optical coherence tomography system; indicating to a user that the information is available; and requesting the user for an input whether the information shall be stored in a file and assigned to or correlated with the image of the object; and depending on the input from the user, assigning or correlating the image of the object to or with, respectively, the file containing the information relating to the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for acquiring an image of an object using optical coherence tomography, the system comprising:
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an illumination light source configured to generate light; an interferometer into which the light generated by the illumination light source is coupled, the interferometer being configured to output light with which the object is irradiated; a detector configured to detect light reflected by the object and to feed back the detected light into the interferometer; and a controller configured or programmed to; derive an image of the object from the detected light of the object; examine whether information relating to the object or a portion of the object is available to the optical coherence tomography system, and when an optical coherence tomography image acquisition session of the optical coherence tomography system is running and the information is available to the optical coherence tomography system; indicate to a user that the information is available; and request the user for an input whether the information shall be stored in a file and assigned to or correlated with the image of the object; and depending on the input from the user, assign or correlate the file containing the information relating to the object to or with, respectively, the image of the object derived by the controller. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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