Optical coherence tomographic system for ophthalmic surgery

An imaging system for imaging an eye, comprising:

• a Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomographic (SD-OCT) imaging system that
• positions the eye relative to the SD-OCT imaging system,
• the eye having a first and a second structure;
• generates a first image-portion, selected from a direct image and a mirror image of the first structure;
• generates a second image-portion, selected from a direct image and a mirror image of the second structure;
• and
• suppresses non-selected images of the first and second structures.

A method of imaging an object, the method comprising the steps of:

• positioning the object relative to a Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomographic (SD-OCT) imaging system,
• the object comprising a high contrast structure in a low contrast medium;
• generating an image of the high contrast structure with the SD-OCT imaging system, corresponding to one of a direct image and a mirror image of the high contrast structure;
• and
• suppressing a non-selected image of the high contrast structure.

A surgical laser system, comprising:

• a surgical laser delivery system;
• and
• a Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomographic (SD-OCT) imaging system, coupled to the surgical laser delivery system, wherein
• the SD-OCT imaging system
• images an object having a high contrast structure in a low contrast medium;
• generates an image of the high contrast structure corresponding to one of a direct image and a mirror image of the high contrast structure;
• and
• suppresses a non-selected image of the high contrast structure.