Patent ID: 7643153
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: A61B,G01B,G01N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for optical imaging of at least one portion of a sample, comprising: a) an interferometer providing at least one signal; b) a spectral separating unit which splits the at least one signal received from the interferometer into a plurality of optical frequencies; and c) a plurality of detectors, each detector being configured to detect at least a portion of the optical frequencies received from the spectral separating unit, wherein the sample is scanned in a series of simultaneous illuminations of substantially all of areas of the sample to provide at least one radiation associated with the sample to be used by the interferometer to provide the at least one signal, wherein the interferometer receives at least one electro-magnetic radiation from a transmissive reference, and generates the at least one signal as a function of the at least one electro-magnetic radiation.