Universidad De Murcia

Alexandros Pennos

Pablo Artal Soriano

Harilaos Ginis

Dimitrios Christaras

Optical instrument for measuring the density of macular pigment in the eye and associated method. The instrument includes: a light source (), several lenses L, L, Lbetween the light source and the eye, a diaphragm Dconjugate to the eye pupil plane, a photodetector (), a mirror M that directs the light exiting the eye to the photodetector (), a diaphragm Dconjugated to the pupil plane of the eye, at least one lens Lbetween diaphragm Dand the photodetector (), the light source () has a central part () and a peripheral part (), the light source () being modulated at four different frequencies corresponding to green light in the central part and in the peripheral part, blue light in the central part and in the peripheral part, projecting the light from the light source () on the fundus of the eye.

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Murcia, Spain

Alexandros Pennos