Patent ID: 9326679
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A medical system comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of an object to be examined based on a combined beam generated by combining a return beam returning from the object to be examined illuminated with a measuring beam and a reference beam corresponding to the measuring beam; a focus position changing unit configured to change a focus position of the measuring beam on the object to be examined; an optical-path-length difference changing unit configured to change a difference in optical path length between the measuring beam and the reference beam; an instruction unit configured to instruct a change of the focus position; and a control unit configured to control the focus position changing unit not to change the focus position in a case where the instruction unit instruct the change of the focus position during a control of the optical-path-length difference changing unit and to control the focus position changing unit in accordance with the change instructed by the instruction unit in a case where the instruction unit instructs the change of the focus position after completion of the control of the optical-path-length difference changing unit.