Patent ID: 9642531
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01B,G02B

Claim:
1. A method for generating data associated with at least one portion of an anatomical sample, comprising: forwarding at least one first radiation to the at least one portion through at least one optics arrangement, and receiving at least one second radiation from the at least one portion which is based on the at least one first radiation; forwarding at least one third radiation to the at least one portion through the at least one optics arrangement, and receiving at least one fourth radiation from the at least one portion which is based on the at least one third radiation; receiving at least one fifth radiation from a reference structure and combining at least one of the second radiation or the fourth radiation with at least one fifth radiation to generate a further radiation; and generating the data as a function of the further radiation, wherein the first radiation being forwarded to the at least one optics arrangement is a ring-shaped beam which has a plurality of rings that include at least one of respective diameters or respective thicknesses that are different from one another, and wherein the first and third radiations have path lengths that are different from one another prior to reaching the at least one optics arrangement.