Patent ID: 7365859

Claim:
A system for imaging at least a portion of a sample, comprising: a source arrangement generating at least one source electro-magnetic radiation forwarded to the sample and a reference; and at least one detection arrangement including a plurality of detectors, at least one of the detectors capable of detecting a signal associated with a combination of at least one first electro-magnetic radiation received from the sample and at least one second electro-magnetic radiation received from the reference, wherein at least one particular detector of the detectors has a particular electrical integration time, wherein the at least one particular detector receives at least a portion of the signal for a time duration which has at least one first portion with at least one first power level greater than a predetermined threshold and at least one second portion immediately preceding or following the at least one first portion, the at least one second portion having at least one second power level less than the predetermined threshold, and wherein the at least one second portion is extended for a time period which is approximately at least 10% of the particular electrical integration time.