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System for optical coherence tomography

US8199327B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AGFA HEALTHCARE NV · BE

Inventors

Rainer Nebosis · Munich, DE
Rainer Scheunemann · Munich, DE
Edgar-Gerald Kopp · Merching, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2008
Grant date	Jun 12, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 3, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01B9/02091
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for optical coherence tomography having an interferometer (20), a detector (30) with a first number of detector elements for collecting light, and an optical fiber (29) with a second number of individual fibers for transmitting light from the interferometer (20) to the detector (30).In order to increase the compactness of the system with at the same time high image quality provision is made such that the detector elements have a first center-center distance and the individual fibers have a second center-center distance, the first center-center distance between the detector elements being greater than the second center-center distance between the individual fibers.

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