Abstract: An optical beam delivery configuration includes zoom lens means (30) and beam scanning means (44) defining an optical path (20) for a light beam. The beam scanning means is disposed after the zoom lens means in the direction of beam delivery. The zoom lens means (30) is arranged to receive a collimated incident light beam (23) on the optical path, and to be adjustable to determine the fluence of the beam when it is incident on the beam scanning means, while maintaining its collimation on exit from the zoom lens means. The beam scanning means (44) is arranged to laterally scan the beam at a downstream treatment location (50) while maintaining the beam's collimation and orientation at the location.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing a high contrast, real time, three dimensional representation of a scanned object with the use of an additional scanning mechanism to gain information about the third dimension. A light beam is reflected along an input path and is modified, split, scanned in a first direction, scanned in a second direction, and directed through a stereo base producer to provide stereoscopic information by impinging the beam onto the surface from two different directions. It is then reflected onto the surface whereby the light traverses an output path identical to the input path towards a splitter. Some of the reflected light is directed towards a photodetector coupled to a signal processor to produce an image for real time viewing.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for producing an image of a surface, including a laser source for producing a beam of light, beam modifying means for modifying the properties of the beam, beam splitting means for splitting the beam, focusing means for focusing the beam, first and second scanning means for scanning said beam in first and second different directions, stereo base producing means for obtaining stereoscopic information concerning the surface by impinging said beam onto said surface from two different positions, and reflecting means, wherein a beam from said laser source may be directing along an input path including being modified with said modifying means and split by said beam splitting means, directed onto said first scanning means to scan said beam in said first direction, directed through said second scanning means to scan said beam in said second direction, directed through said stereo base producing means, and then directed off said reflecting means and onto said surface, whereb

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for producing an image of a surface, including a laser source for producing a beam of light, beam modifying means for modifying the properties of the beam, beam splitting means for splitting the beam, focusing means for focusing the beam, first and second scanning means for scanning the beam in first and second different directions, stereo base producing means for obtaining stereoscopic information concerning the surface by impinging the beam onto the surface from two different positions, and reflecting means, wherein a beam from the laser source may be directing along an input path including being modified with the modifying means and split by the beam splitting means, directed onto the first scanning means to scan the beam in the first direction, directed through the second scanning means to scan the beam in the second direction, directed through the stereo base producing means, and then directed off the reflecting means and onto the surface, whereby reflected lig