Tomographic image capturing apparatus and method with noise reduction technique

    公开(公告)号:US10126112B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-13

    申请号:US14870959

    申请日:2015-09-30

    IPC分类号: G01B9/02 A61B3/10

    摘要: An object is to enable removal fixed pattern noise even if the intensity of interference light changes during measurement. An image capturing apparatus comprises a light splitting unit that splits light emitted from a light source into reference light and measurement light, an interference signal detection unit that acquires an interference signal from interference light resulting from interference of the reference light and return light generated by irradiating an object to be inspected with the measurement light, a noise signal acquisition unit that acquires a noise signal containing a noise component contained in the interference light, a correction unit that corrects the intensity of one of the interference signal and the noise signal, and a noise removal unit that removes the noise component contained in the interference signal using the interference signal and the noise signal one of which is corrected.

    POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE OCT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
    4.
    发明申请
    POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE OCT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME 审中-公开
    偏振敏感OCT装置及其控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170074638A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-16

    申请号:US15120331

    申请日:2015-02-10

    IPC分类号: G01B9/02

    摘要: A polarization-sensitive OCT apparatus includes an interference unit configured to split light emitted from a light source into measurement light and reference light and to generate interfered light by causing returning light of the measurement light that has irradiated a subject to interfere with the reference light that has traveled through a reference arm, a splitting unit configured to split the interfered light into different polarization components, a generation unit configured to detect the polarization components split by the splitting unit and to generate a signal, detection units configured to detect respective polarization states of the measurement light in a sample arm, the returning light of the measurement light that has passed through the interference unit, and the reference light that has passed through the interference unit, and polarization control units configured to control the respective polarization states on the basis of the respective polarization states that have been detected.

    摘要翻译: 偏振敏感OCT装置包括干涉单元,其被配置为将从光源发射的光分解为测量光和参考光,并且通过使已经照射对象的测量光的返回光干涉参考光来产生干涉光, 已经穿过参考臂,分离单元被配置为将受干扰的光分成不同的偏振分量;生成单元,被配置为检测由分割单元分离的偏振分量并产生信号;检测单元,被配置为检测各个偏振态 样品臂中的测量光,通过干涉单元的测量光的返回光和通过干涉单元的参考光,以及偏振控制单元,其被配置为基于 各自的极化状态哈 已被检测到。

    Liquid ejection device and liquid leakage suppression method

    公开(公告)号:US09475303B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-25

    申请号:US15093208

    申请日:2016-04-07

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175

    摘要: There is provided a liquid ejection device including a head for ejecting a liquid, a liquid containing unit, a liquid filler, and a pressure adjusting unit, in which the liquid containing unit includes a sealed housing and a flexible member provided in the housing, the housing includes a first containing space communicating with the head and a second containing space partitioned from the first containing space through use of the flexible member, the first containing space contains the liquid, and the liquid filler is filled into the second containing space, the pressure adjusting unit communicates with the second containing space, and adjusts the pressure of the liquid filler filled into the second containing space so as to maintain a negative pressure with respect to the head.

    INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON AN EXECUTION PROGRAM FOR THE CONTROL METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20170280993A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-05

    申请号:US15468322

    申请日:2017-03-24

    IPC分类号: A61B3/10 A61B3/12 A61B3/00

    摘要: Provided is an information processing apparatus configured to acquire more optical coherence tomographic images in a smaller amount of imaging time while suppressing reduction in longitudinal resolution. The information processing apparatus includes: a sampling unit configured to sample interference light between return light from an object to be inspected which has been scanned with measuring light and reference light corresponding to the measuring light; a data extracting unit configured to partially extract, from an output from the sampling unit, data included in the output at a longer sampling interval than an interval for sampling the interference light by the sampling unit so as to generate a plurality of data sets; and a forming unit configured to form tomographic information on the object to be inspected based on the generated plurality of data sets.

    IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES
    8.
    发明申请
    IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES 审中-公开
    图像捕获设备和噪声减少方法和图像图像程序

    公开(公告)号:US20160097632A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-07

    申请号:US14870959

    申请日:2015-09-30

    IPC分类号: G01B9/02

    摘要: An object is to enable removal fixed pattern noise even if the intensity of interference light changes during measurement. An image capturing apparatus comprises a light splitting unit that splits light emitted from a light source into reference light and measurement light, an interference signal detection unit that acquires an interference signal from interference light resulting from interference of the reference light and return light generated by irradiating an object to be inspected with the measurement light, a noise signal acquisition unit that acquires a noise signal containing a noise component contained in the interference light, a correction unit that corrects the intensity of one of the interference signal and the noise signal, and a noise removal unit that removes the noise component contained in the interference signal using the interference signal and the noise signal one of which is corrected.

    摘要翻译: 即使在测量期间干扰光的强度发生变化,也可以使固定图案噪点消除。 一种摄像装置,包括将从光源发射的光分解为参考光和测量光的分光单元,干涉信号检测单元,其从由参考光的干涉引起的干涉光和由照射产生的返回光获取干扰信号 用测量光检查的对象,获取包含干涉光中包含的噪声分量的噪声信号的噪声信号获取单元,校正干扰信号和噪声信号之一的强度的校正单元,以及 噪声去除单元,其使用干扰信号和噪声信号来校正干扰信号中包含的噪声分量。

    Imaging apparatus, control method for an imaging apparatus, and program

    公开(公告)号:US10653310B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US15901034

    申请日:2018-02-21

    摘要: An imaging apparatus including: a first scanning unit and a second scanning unit, subjecting a measuring beam, which is obtained by splitting a light source beam, to a back-and-forth scan in a predetermined area on a fundus in a first direction and a second direction, respectively; a scanning control unit controlling the first scanning unit and the second scanning unit so as to simultaneously execute scans; a depth information acquisition unit obtaining information on the fundus in a depth direction based on interference beam between return beam from the fundus and a reference beam; an image generation unit generating a tomographic image in the predetermined area through use of output from the depth information acquisition unit and a control signal supplied by the scanning control unit; and a display unit displaying the generated image.