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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical coherence tomography observation apparatus comprising a controller () and a detector (), the controller being configured to illuminate first illumination light to an observation object, cause an image generator to generate a first tomographic image showing tomography of the observation object, illuminate second illumination light to the observation object, and cause the image generator to generate a second tomographic image showing tomography of the observation, and the detector being configured to detect a relative position of the second tomographic image with respect to the first tomographic image, at which a correlation of the second tomographic image with the first tomographic image becomes highest, are provided.