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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2008
Rainer Nebosis, Munich, DE;
Rainer Nebosis, Munich, DE;
Agfa HealthCare NV, Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a system and to a corresponding method for optical coherence tomography having an interferometer () for emitting light with which a specimen () is irradiated, the interferometer () comprising a beam splitter () and at least one reflector () the optical distance (I) of which from the beam splitter () can be changed by an optical path (L), and a detector () with a first number of detector elements arranged in a first area for collecting light which is reflected by the specimen (). In order to be able to record images of a specimen, in particular in real time, more simply and quickly, the system is operated in a first mode in which light reflected by the specimen () is only collected by a second number of detector elements of the detector () and converted into corresponding detector signals, the second number of detector elements being smaller than the first number of detector elements.