Patent ID: 8678588
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: A61B,G01B,G01N

Abstract:
1. An optical coherence tomographic imaging apparatus comprising: light splitting unit configured to split light from a light source into a single reference light and a single sample light; optical path length changing unit configured to change an optical path length of the single reference light; reference light splitting unit configured to split the single reference light whose optical path length has been changed by the optical path length changing unit into a plurality of reference lights; sample light splitting unit configured to split the single sample light into a plurality of sample lights; irradiation unit configured to irradiate an inspection object by leading the plurality of sample lights thereto; light combining unit configured to generate a plurality of interference lights which are returning lights of the plurality of the sample lights from the object irradiated by the irradiation unit combined with the plurality of reference lights.