Eye examination apparatus

An eye examination apparatus comprising:

• an illuminator adapted to project a light beam in an eye to illuminate a portion of a retina, said light beam being shaped to form a line of light that extends along a main axis of extension across a surface of the retina, when said light beam intersects the retina;
• an image sensor adapted to receive light reflected by the retina and to acquire images of the retina;
• scanning means adapted to perform optical scans of the retina by cyclically moving the light beam projected by said illuminator on the retina along a scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the main axis of extension of said line of light;
• separation means of the light beams adapted to separate the light projected by said illuminator from the light reflected by the retina and directed toward said image sensor;
• and
• a control unit to control the operation of said scanning apparatus;
• wherein, in operation, to acquire each single image of a region of the retina to be framed, said image sensor integrates light reflected by the retina during at least two complete optical scans of said region of the retina by said scanning means.