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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2016
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Stefan Kuiper, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Nicolaas Jan Doelman, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Thomas Liebig, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Willem Arjan Klop, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical coherence tomography method, comprising: providing a beam of imaging radiation from a radiation source of an optical coherence tomography apparatus; directing, using directing optics, the beam of imaging radiation towards a fundus of a human or animal eye; and receiving a reflected portion of the imaging radiation by the optical coherence tomography apparatus; wherein the method further comprises: providing, by a tracking camera, a tracking image of an image area covering at least a part of said fundus; analyzing the tracking image for detecting a displacement of the fundus; and adapting, at least dependent on the detected displacement, a direction of the beam of imaging radiation by actuating an optical correction unit of said direction optics; and in addition to said adapting of the direction of the beam of imaging radiation, adapting a location of the image area on said fundus imaged by the tracking camera at least dependent on the detected displacement.