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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Thorlabs Gmbh, Dachau, DE;
Inventors:
Dierck Hillmann, Lübeck, DE;
Gereon Hüttmann, Lübeck, DE;
Gesa Lilith Franke, Hamburg, DE;
Helge Sudkamp, Lübeck, DE;
Laura Hinkel, Lübeck, DE;
Peter Koch, Lübeck, DE;
Jörn Wollenzin, Lübeck, DE;
Assignee:
THORLABS GMBH, Dachau, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/15 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/12 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/156 (2013.01); A61B 3/102 (2013.01); A61B 3/12 (2013.01); A61B 3/1225 (2013.01); G02B 27/108 (2013.01); G02B 27/144 (2013.01); G02B 3/0087 (2013.01);
Abstract
A parallel detecting optical coherence tomography (OCT) setup and method, in which the light paths of the illumination of the sample and of the detection of the backscattered light do not use the same apertures. The separation of illumination and detection apertures filters these disturbing reflexes from the backscattered light of the sample and significantly increases image quality.