Ophthalmic photographing apparatus

A method for obtaining a tomographic image of a fundus by optical coherence tomography, the method comprising the steps of:

• setting a line, based on which the fundus tomographic image is to be obtained, on a first front image of the fundus, the first front image being a still image;
• establishing a positional correspondence between a second front image of the fundus and the first front image by matching the first and second front images, the second front image being obtained by a front optical system for obtaining a front image of the fundus, the front optical system being provided to an interference optical system for obtaining the fundus tomographic image, wherein a relationship between a line on the second front image and a scanning position of an optical scanner provided to the interference optical system is predetermined;
• specifying a line on the second front image based on positional information on the line set on the first front image, and the established positional correspondence;
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• obtaining the fundus tomographic image that corresponds to the lines on the first and second front images by scanning measurement light with the use of the optical scanner provided to the interference optical system based on a scanning position corresponding to the line that is specified on the second front image.

A method for obtaining a tomographic image of a fundus by optical coherence tomography, the method comprising the steps of:

• obtaining three-dimensional OCT image information on the fundus by two-dimensional scanning of measurement light with the use of an optical scanner provided to an interference optical system;
• obtaining a two-dimensional OCT image, which is a still image, of the fundus in directions perpendicular to a depth direction of an eye based on the fundus three-dimensional OCT image information, and obtaining a front image, which is a still image, of the fundus that is obtained by a front optical system for obtaining the fundus front image;
• setting a line, based on which the fundus tomographic image is to be obtained, on a first front image of the fundus, the first front image being one of the two-dimensional OCT image and the fundus front image;
• establishing a positional correspondence between a second front image of the fundus and the first front image by matching the first and second front images, the second front image being the other one of the two-dimensional OCT image and the fundus front image;
• specifying a line on the second front image based on positional information on the line set on the first front image, and the established positional correspondence;
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• obtaining the fundus tomographic image that corresponds to the lines on the first and second front images based on the fundus three-dimensional OCT image information.