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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Yoshikiyo Moriguchi, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Masahiro Akiba, Toda, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Abstract
An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus that can follow up imaging for acquiring a cross sectional image by referring to a front image of an eye acquired in the past and scanning the same position as before with light, includes: a photographing part configured to photograph the eye and acquire a front image thereof; a cross sectional image forming part configured to scan the eye with light and form a cross sectional image thereof; a storage configured to store a first front image of the eye and a second front image acquired in follow up imaging executed with referring to the first front image; an information obtaining part configured to analyze the first and second front images and obtain misregistration information between these front images; and a calculator configured to calculate an evaluation value of an error in a scanning position in the follow up imaging based on the misregistration information.