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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Nobuhito Suehira, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsuro Sugita, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuhito Suehira, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsuro Sugita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical tomographic image generating method including: obtaining signals for a plurality of frames; obtaining respective complex number data by performing Fourier transformation of the signals for the plurality of frames; synthesizing the plurality of frames using the respective complex number data; generating a tomographic image based on the synthesized data. This configuration enables easy enhancement of the image quality in an optical coherence tomographic imaging apparatus.