FAST PARALLEL OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

Provided is a fast parallel optical coherence tomographic image generating method including dispersing light into N spectral regions Δλ₁ through Δλ_N sequentially from a low wavelength to a high wavelength, the light being emitted from a broadband light source of a fast parallel optical coherence tomographic image generating apparatus, N being an integer greater than or equal to “2”, splitting the light emitted from the broadband light source to be incident on a sample and a reference mirror, partitioning the sample into N image regions P₁ through P_N, discretely controlling a beam scanner such that the light emitted from the broadband light source is incident on the sample at a position changed by a preset distance, acquiring an interference spectral image through interference light formed in response to interference of measurement light and reference light, and generating a tomographic image of the sample using the interference spectral image.