Imaging system for three-dimensional imaging of the interior of an object

摘要

The invention relates to an imaging system and a method for three-dimensional imaging of the interior of an object. The imaging system comprises illumination means (10), detection means (11) and reconstruction means. The illumination means is adapted to illuminate the interior of the object with light, wherein the illumination means (10) is capable of generating different spatial light intensity distributions on the interior of the object. The detection means (11) is adapted to detect the different spatial light intensity distributions, and the reconstruction means is adapted to reconstruct a three-dimensional image from the detected different spatial light intensity distributions. The invention relates further to an optical fiber system comprising a transfer mechanism to transfer the optical fiber system from a first condition, in which optical fibers diverge from each other, to a second condition, in which optical fibers are parallel to each other, and vice versa.

主权项

1. An imaging system for three-dimensional imaging of the interior of an object comprising:
an illumination system being adapted to illuminate the interior of the object with light, wherein the illumination system is capable of generating different spatial light intensity distributions on the interior of the object, a detection system adapted to detect the different spatial light intensity distributions, a reconstruction system adapted to reconstruct a three-dimensional image from the detected different spatial light intensity distributions, wherein the illumination system is adapted to illuminate the interior of the object from different directions by including an illuminator, moveable, in the three-dimensional space of the object, relative to the detection system, wherein the imaging system comprises an optical fiber system, which comprises at least one of a bundle of optical fibers of the illumination system and of the detection system and i) a first condition in which the optical fibers are arranged such that at least two of the optical fibers diverge from each other at an end portion of the bundle, and ii) a second condition in which the optical fibers are arranged such that the optical fibers are parallel to each other at said end portion of the bundle, wherein the optical fiber system comprises a transfer mechanism which is adapted to transfer the optical fiber system from one of the first and the second condition to the other of the first and the second condition.