Patent ID: 9618326
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01B,G02B

Claim:
1. A method of inspecting an eye, the method comprising: operating an imaging system in one of a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation; wherein the imaging system comprises a microscope system and an OCT system; wherein the microscope system is configured to image an object plane onto an image plane and wherein the OCT system is configured to generate an OCT measuring beam of OCT measuring light; wherein the object plane is located in a region of an anterior portion of the eye in the first mode of operation, and the object plane or an image of the object plane is located in a region of a retina of the eye in the second mode of operation; wherein a lateral width of the OCT measuring beam at the object plane in the first mode of operation is greater than the lateral width of the OCT measuring beam at the object plane or the image of the object plane, respectively, in the second mode of operation.