Patent ID: 7347549

Claim:
A slit scan image capture system for obtaining slit images of a patient's eyes comprising: at least two slit image sources; at least two rapid switching light sources, wherein one of the light sources is associated with one slit image, such that at least two slits may be illuminated on the patient's eyes; at least two motors, each connected to the slit image sources for incrementally moving the illuminated slits across the eye to a plurality of positions; a video camera for capturing images of the illuminated slits on the eye; a frame grabber connected to the video camera for storing the captures images; and wherein the rapid switching light sources power-up to approximately a full-power state and power-down to an effectively off state in an amount of time less than the amount of time required by the motor to move a slit image from one position to a next position, thereby minimizing an amount of time required to capture a plurality of slit images across major portions of the patient's eyes.