Patent 7597443 was granted and assigned to Kyushu Institute of Technology on October, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Provided is a wide viewing angle ocular fundus blood flow imaging device in which the measurement field of view is enlarged and which includes a projection system that turns a laser beam into a rectangular spot on the ocular fundus, an observation system that images the rectangular spot on an image sensor placed on the corresponding image plane, an observation optical system for carrying out positioning of the laser spot, and a mechanism for monitoring the movement of an ocular fundus blood vessel image.