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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventors:
Hugang Ren, Cypress, CA (US);
Lingfeng Yu, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/15 (2006.01); G01J 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02091 (2013.01); A61B 3/0083 (2013.01); A61B 3/102 (2013.01); A61B 3/14 (2013.01); A61B 3/152 (2013.01); G01J 2009/0269 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a visualization system for performing optimized optical coherence tomography (OCT) by determining the absolute distance between the OCT source and a sample. The present disclosure also provides a method for optimizing OCT, which includes determining an absolute distance between the OCT source and a sample using data relating to the focal length or position of an autofocus imager lens.