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Ophthalmic photographing apparatus

US7980696B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 20, 2011
Grant dateJul 19, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/0073
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ophthalmic photographing apparatus includes: an interference optical system including a splitter that splits light, emitted from a measurement light source, into measurement light and reference light, and synthesizing the measurement light reflected on an eye with the reference light to guide the synthesized light to a detector; a driving part that moves an optical member arranged in the optical path to adjust an optical-path difference between the measurement light and the reference light; an image obtaining part that obtains a tomographic image of a fundus or an anterior segment based on a light receiving signal output from the detector; and a driving control unit that controls driving of the driving part to locate the optical member in a predetermined position corresponding to either a photographing mode for photographing the tomographic image of the fundus or a photographing mode for photographing the tomographic image of the anterior segment.

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