Patent ID: 8783868

Claim:
A system for optical coherence tomography (OCT) and confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (CSLO) comprising: a light source arranged to generate a beam of radiation; a beam divider for separating the beam along a sample arm and a reference arm; optics for scanning the beam in the sample arm over a set of transverse locations on a sample; a mirror located between the beam divider and the scanning optics, said mirror having a transmission region aligned with the axis of the sample beam, such that a first portion of the light returning from the sample is transmitted through the transmission region and a second portion of the light returning from the sample at locations radially outside the transmission region is reflected by the mirror; a first detector for measuring the first portion of the light returning from the sample and the radiation returning from the reference arm, and generating a first set of output signals in response thereto; a first processor for converting the first set of output signals into OCT image data; a second detector for measuring the second portion of the light returning from the sample, and generating a second set of output signals in response thereto; and a second processor for converting the second set of output signals into CSLO image data.