Endoscope system
AssigneeQioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsAxel Kasper, Bernhard Lorenz
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Abstract
An endoscope system (200, 300) for imaging an interior of a patient (180) comprises an endoscope tube (210, 310), an imaging unit (350) for imaging the interior of the patient, wherein the imaging unit is at least partially located inside the endoscope tube, and an optical coherence tomography unit (360), wherein said imaging unit (350) is distinct from the OCT unit (360), and wherein a sample arm (360c) of the OCT unit is at least partially located inside the endoscope tube.
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An endoscope system (300) for imaging a sample (180), an inner part of a patient, or an organ, wherein the endoscope system (300) comprises:
- an endoscope tube (310),
- an imaging unit (350) for imaging the inner part of the patient, wherein the imaging unit (350) is at least partially located inside the endoscope tube (310), and
- an optical coherence tomography unit (360;
- OCT unit), wherein said imaging unit (350) is distinct from the OCT unit (360), and
- wherein a sample arm (360c) of the OCT unit (360) is at least partially located inside the endoscope tube (310).
A method of operating an endoscope system (300) for imaging a sample (180), an inner part of a patient, or an organ, comprises:
- providing an endoscope tube (310),
- providing an imaging unit (350) for imaging the inner part of the patient, wherein the imaging unit (350) is at least partially located inside the endoscope tube (310), and
- providing an optical coherence tomography unit (360;
- OCT unit), wherein said imaging unit (350) is distinct from the OCT unit (360), wherein a sample arm (360c) of the OCT unit (360) is at least partially located inside the endoscope tube (310), and
- processing data from the imaging unit (350) and/or from the OCT unit (360), so that the processed data are displayable on a screen (392).
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