Method and System for Optical Coherence Tomography

Abstract

A method and to a corresponding system for optical coherence tomography, light, with which a specimen (1) is irradiated, being emitted by an interferometer (10), the interferometer (10) comprising a beam splitter (13) and a reflector (12), light reflected by the specimen (1) being collected by a detector (11), and the reflector (12) being brought into a number of different positions different optical distances away from the beam splitter (13). In order to be able record images of a specimen (1) easily and quickly, with the highest possible quality, provision is made such that light reflected by the specimen (1) is collected a number of times by the detector (11) and converted into corresponding detector images, while the reflector (12) in the respective position is in the rest position. The detector images obtained for the respective position of the reflector (12) are then averaged, for each position an averaged detector image being obtained. Finally, a tomogram is generated from the averaged detector images obtained for the different positions of the reflector (12).

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