Patent ID: RE44042

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 the signal is at least one of frequency components of the combination; at least one spectral separating unit which separates spectrum of at least one of the first electro-magnetic radiation, the second electro-magnetic radiation or the combination into the at least one of the frequency components, 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 ; and at least one processing arrangement which is configured to generate at least one image associated with the sample based on the detected signal which is provided for the particular electrical integration time, the at least one image including at least one portion associated with the sample below a surface thereof, and the at least one portion of the at least one image illustrates the sample at multiple depths thereof immediately below a surface location at which the forwarded radiation impacts the sample .