PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel cornea imaging apparatus and a novel method of imaging the cornea, for enabling speedier imaging with further reduced burden imposed on a tester and a test subject in taking images of the corneal endothelium, and with high accuracy, capable of imaging corneal endothelial cells in a wide range including not only the central portion but also the peripheral portion, even with individual differences in the curvature radius of the corneal endothelium and epithelium.SOLUTION: A cornea imaging apparatus includes: an endothelial configuration computing means 88 that determines a corneal endothelial configuration and a normal vector computing means for the endothelium that determines a normal vector direction at a given imaging position of the corneal endothelial configuration. By an inclination angle changing means 96 that changes an inclination angle of an imaging center axis of an imaging mechanism 32 against a collimation axis of an eye under examination, the imaging center axis of the imaging mechanism 32 is aligned with the normal vector direction determined by the normal vector computing means, and the cornea endothelium is imaged.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】角膜内皮の撮像を行うに際して、検者および被検者の負担をより一層軽減して速やかな撮像を可能にすると共に、角膜内上皮の曲率半径の個人差がある場合でも、角膜内皮細胞像を中心部のみならず周辺部も含む広範囲において高精度に撮像することの出来る、新規な角膜撮影装置および角膜撮影方法を提供する。【解決手段】角膜の内皮形状を求める内皮形状演算手段88と、撮影位置において内皮形状に対する法線方向を求める内皮法線演算手段とを設け、撮影機構32の撮影中心軸を被検眼の視軸に対して傾斜させる傾斜角度変更手段96によって撮影機構32の撮影中心軸を内皮法線演算手段で求めた法線方向に合わせて角膜内皮を撮影するようにした。【選択図】図2
