A scanning ophthalmoscope to explore the retina of an eye, comprising: a collimated light source (12); a first sweeping element (14); a second sweeping element (16); a scanning compensation means (18); wherein the collimated light source (12), the first and second sweep elements (14, 16) and the sweep compensation means (18) are combined to provide a sweep with two-dimensional collimated light from an apparent point source; characterized in that the scanning ophthalmoscope further comprises a scanning transfer means (20), in which the scanning transfer means (20) has two foci and the apparent point source is provided in a first focus of the medium of scanning transfer (20) and one eye (22) is accommodated in a second focus of the scanning transfer means (20), and in which the scanning transfer means (20) transfers the scanning with two-dimensional collimated light from the point source apparent to the eye (22), in which the axis of rotation of the second scanning element (16) is substantially parallel to a line (24) that joins the two foci of the transfer scanning means (20), and in which, in the provision of sweeping with two-dimensional collimated light from the apparent point source, the scanning compensation means (18) produces a scanning with one-dimensional collimated light, and the line (24) that joins the two foci of the scanning transfer means (20) is substantially in a plane defined by scanning with one-dimensional collimated light produced by the scanning compensation means (18).Un oftalmoscopio de barrido para explorar la retina de un ojo, que comprende: una fuente de luz colimada (12); un primer elemento de barrido (14); un segundo elemento de barrido (16); un medio de compensación de barrido (18); en el que la fuente de luz colimada (12), los elementos de barrido primero y segundo (14, 16) y el medio de compensación de barrido (18) se combinan para proporcionar un barrido con luz colimada bidimensional desde una fuente puntual aparente;que se caracteri