Patent ID: 8985770
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An ophthalmic imaging apparatus which obtains a tomographic image of an eye to be examined based on light obtained by combining (a) return light from the eye irradiated with measurement light with (b) reference light corresponding to the measurement light, the apparatus comprising: a scanning unit configured to scan the measurement light on the eye; a control unit configured to control the number of times of scanning by said scanning unit in accordance with a scanning position of said scanning unit on the eye; and an averaging unit configured to add and average tomographic images of the eye which are obtained at the scanning position, wherein the scanning position includes positions of a plurality of scanning areas scanned by said scanning unit in the eye, wherein said control unit comprises (a) a decision unit configured to decide the number of times of scanning by said scanning unit with respect to each of the plurality of scanning areas based on the positions of the plurality of scanning areas in the eye, and (b) an obtaining unit configured to obtain tomographic images corresponding to the number of times of scanning decided by said decision unit for each of the scanning areas, and wherein said averaging unit adds and averages the tomographic images obtained by said obtaining unit for each of the scanning areas.