发明申请
US20060158655A1 Apparatus and method for combined optical-coherence-tomographic and confocal detection 有权
用于组合光学相干断层扫描和共焦检测的装置和方法

  • 专利标题: Apparatus and method for combined optical-coherence-tomographic and confocal detection
  • 专利标题(中): 用于组合光学相干断层扫描和共焦检测的装置和方法
  • 申请号: US11298105
    申请日: 2005-12-09
  • 公开(公告)号: US20060158655A1
    公开(公告)日: 2006-07-20
  • 发明人: Matthew EverettYan Zhou
  • 申请人: Matthew EverettYan Zhou
  • 主分类号: G01B9/02
  • IPC分类号: G01B9/02
Apparatus and method for combined optical-coherence-tomographic and confocal detection
摘要:
This invention provides a better apparatus and method for the generation of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (CSLO) images, using a dual-waveguiding module. A dual-waveguiding structure consists of a single-mode and a multi-mode waveguide each with optimum size and numerical aperture for highly efficient collection of the OCT and CSLO optical signals. Separation of the two signals is achieved by channeling most of the multi-mode guided optical power to a CSLO detector. The non-tapped single-mode guided optical wave is further sent to a pure single-mode fiber of a standard OCT system for OCT image generation. The present invention achieves highly efficient optical power usage and hence high signal to noise ratio, together with inherent pixel-to-pixel registration of the OCT and CSLO images, and a cost reduction of the OCT/CSLO combo system.
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