PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tomographic image wherein distortion by the motion of an examined eye is reduced even when following the examined eye according to the motion of the examined eye.SOLUTION: An optical coherence tomographic imaging apparatus includes: an image acquisition part acquiring a plurality of anterior ocular segment images of an examined eye in different time a tomographic image acquisition part acquiring a plurality of tomographic images of the examined eye in different time based on interference light obtained by making return light from the examined eye irradiated with measurement light and reference light corresponding to the measurement light interfere with each other a movement part moving an optical head part including the optical path of the measurement light and the optical path of the reference light a part following the examined eye by the movement part based on the plurality of anterior ocular segment images and a control part controlling the operation of the part performing the following such that the movement of the optical head part is stopped while acquiring the tomographic image for photography of the examined eye, and such that the movement of the optical head part is resumed when the acquisition of the tomographic image for the photography ends.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】被検眼の動きに応じて追尾を行う場合であっても、該被検眼の動きによる歪みが低減された断層画像を取得する。【解決手段】被検眼の複数の前眼部画像を異なる時間に取得する画像取得部と、測定光が照射された被検眼からの戻り光と測定光に対応する参照光とを干渉させた干渉光に基づいて、被検眼の複数の断層画像を異なる時間に取得する断層画像取得部と、測定光の光路と参照光の光路とを含む光学ヘッド部を移動する移動部と、複数の前眼部画像に基づいて移動部により被検眼に対する追尾を行う部と、被検眼の撮影用の断層画像を取得している間には光学ヘッド部の移動を停止し且つ撮影用の断層画像の取得が終了したら光学ヘッド部の移動を再開するように、追尾を行う部の動作を制御する制御部と、を有する。【選択図】 図9
