An apparatus and method for ophthalmic neural scanning including a projection apparatus configured to project a projected image onto one or more retinas of one or more eyes of a subject, one or more photodetectors disposed conjugate to the one or more retinas, the one or more photodetectors being configured to capture a reflected image reflected from the one or more retinas in response to the projected image, the reflected image including information indicating fixation of the one or more eyes, and an image capture device disposed conjugate to one or more corneas of the one or more eyes of the subject and configured to capture a diagnostic image including one or more pupils of the one or more eyes when the one or more pupils are illuminated by retroreflected light from the one or more retinas in response to the projected image.