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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2017
Canon U.s.a., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Akira Yamamoto, Ageo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Ikuta, Cambridge, MA (US);
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
Two-dimensional image acquiring apparatuses, systems, methods and storage mediums are provided herein. An apparatus includes a Spectrally Encoded Endoscopy ('SEE') probe including a diffractive element, the diffractive element operating to separate and diffract a transmitted light into separated light beams such that the diffracted light beams are superposed or substantially superposed on a target region; an image sensor that operates to acquire one or more intensities from a detected light; and an imaging optical system that operates to image light beams separated from the detected light, wherein the diffractive element, the imaging optical system, and the sensor are disposed for each of the light beams separated from the detected light to acquire spectral data of each of the light beams separated from the detected light. The diffractive element operates to rotate such that an image of the image sensor is changed, and a two-dimensional image is acquired.