System and method for integrated visualization camera and optical coherence tomography

A system for imaging a target site, the system comprising:

• a housing assembly having a head unit configured to be at least partially directed towards the target site;
• an optical coherence tomography (OCT) module at least partially located in the head unit and configured to obtain a first set of volumetric data of the target site;
• a stereoscopic visualization camera at least partially located in the head unit and configured to obtain a second set of volumetric data of the target site, the second set of volumetric data including first and second views of the target site;
• a controller in communication with the stereoscopic visualization camera and the OCT module;
• a volumetric render module selectively executable by the controller;
• wherein the controller has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded, execution of the instructions causing the controller to:
• register the first set of volumetric data from the OCT module with the second set of volumetric data from the stereoscopic visualization camera to create a third set of registered volumetric data;
• render the third set of registered volumetric data to a first region to obtain a two-dimensional OCT view, via the volumetric render module;
• render the second set of volumetric data from the stereoscopic visualization camera to a second region to obtain a live two-dimensional stereoscopic view, via the volumetric render module;
• and
• overlay the first region and the second region to obtain a composite shared view of the target site;
• wherein registering the first set of volumetric data with the second set of volumetric data includes aligning a local area of interest in the first set of volumetric data in position, orientation and size with the second set of volumetric data;
• and
• wherein the local area of interest includes at least one of a corneal limbus and a scleral vasculature.

A system for imaging a target site, the system comprising:

• a housing assembly having a head unit configured to be at least partially directed towards the target site;
• an optical coherence tomography (OCT) module at least partially located in the head unit and configured to obtain a first set of volumetric data of the target site;
• a stereoscopic visualization camera at least partially located in the head unit and configured to obtain a second set of volumetric data of the target site, the second set of volumetric data including first and second views of the target site;
• a controller in communication with the stereoscopic visualization camera and the OCT module;
• a volumetric render module selectively executable by the controller;
• wherein the controller has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded, execution of the instructions causing the controller to:
• register the first set of volumetric data from the OCT module with the second set of volumetric data from the stereoscopic visualization camera to create a third set of registered volumetric data;
• render the third set of registered volumetric data to a first region to obtain a two-dimensional OCT view, via the volumetric render module;
• render the second set of volumetric data from the stereoscopic visualization camera to a second region to obtain a live two-dimensional stereoscopic view, via the volumetric render module;
• and
• overlay the first region and the second region to obtain a composite shared view of the target site;
• and
• wherein registering the first set of volumetric data with the second set of volumetric data includes finding a respective location and respective orientation of a center of projection of a first two-dimensional visualization module and a second two-dimensional visualization module of the stereoscopic visualization camera relative to the respective location and the respective orientation of a respective data space of the OCT module.