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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2007
Tokio Ueno, Nagoya, JP;
Toshio Murata, Okazaki, JP;
Tokio Ueno, Nagoya, JP;
Toshio Murata, Okazaki, JP;
Nidek Co., Ltd., Gamagori, JP;
Abstract
An ophthalmic photographing apparatus which is easy to use and can simultaneously display OCT and SLO images as moving images while lightening a burden upon an examinee, the apparatus including an interference optical system having a first light source and a first scanning device which scans an examinee's eye with light from the first light source and obtaining a tomographic image of the eye, and a confocal optical system having a second light source and a second scanning device which scans the eye with light from the second light source and obtaining a front image of the eye, a changeover device which substantially makes a changeover of the light which is irradiated onto the eye alternately between the first light and the second light, a display device, and a display control unit displaying the images side by side as moving images on the display device.