Patent ID: 9131841
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An image acquisition apparatus comprising: an irradiating unit configured to irradiate light from a light source to an inspection object; a tomographic image obtaining unit configured to obtain a tomographic image of the inspection object on the basis of a combined beam obtained by combining a return beam from the inspection object due to the light irradiated by the irradiating unit and a reference beam corresponding to the light; a plane image obtaining unit configured to obtain a plane image of the inspection object on the basis of the return beam; a first scanning unit configured to main-scan the light irradiated by the irradiating unit when the tomographic image is obtained; a second scanning unit configured to main-scan the light irradiated by the irradiating unit at a speed higher than that in the first scanning unit when the plane image is obtained; and a third scanning unit configured to sub-scan the light irradiated by the irradiating unit when each of the tomographic image and the plane image is obtained.