PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a corneal endothelial cell imaging apparatus which improves reliability in diagnosing the soundness of an endothelial cell.SOLUTION: A corneal endothelial cell imaging apparatus includes: an illumination optical system 4 for applying slit light toward the cornea C of a subjects eye E obliquely an imaging optical system 5 including an image pickup element 36, which receives reflected light from the corneal endothelial cell of the cornea C by the image pickup element 36 and images the corneal endothelial cell and a fixation projection system 9 for guiding the visual line of the subjects eye and fixing the same. An angle θ1 of inclination between the slit light and the visual line is about 30°, and the image pickup element 36 is larger than 0° to the optical axis of the imaging optical system, and inclined at angle of under the inclination angle θ1.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】内皮細胞の健全性の診断に於ける信頼性を向上させる角膜内皮細胞撮影装置を提供する。【解決手段】被検眼Eの角膜Cに向けて斜めからスリット光を照射する照明光学系4と、撮像素子36を有し、前記角膜Cの角膜内皮細胞からの反射光を前記撮像素子36で受光して角膜内皮細胞を撮影する撮影光学系5と、前記被検眼Eの視軸を誘導させ、固視をさせる為の固視投影系9とを具備し、前記スリット光と前記視軸との傾斜角θ1は略30゜であり、前記撮像素子36は撮影光学系の光軸に対して0゜より大きく前記傾斜角θ1未満の角度で傾斜させた。【選択図】図1
