Systems and methods for broad line fundus imaging

A system for imaging the eye of a patient, said system comprising:

• a light source for producing a beam of radiation;
• optics for directing the beam of radiation to the retina of the eye of a patient to illuminate a two-dimensional region on the retina;
• a detector for collecting light returning from the eye and generating output signals in response thereto;
• pupil splitting optics for separating the light illuminating the retina from light returning from the retina, wherein the pupil splitting optics establish two regions of illumination outside of one region of detection and wherein the regions of illumination and the region of detection are separated by a region through which no radiation passes, and wherein the pupil splitting optics can be adjusted so that either only one or both of the illumination regions are used during imaging;
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• means for moving the beam to various locations across the retina of the eye such that a series of two dimensional regions of the eye are illuminated.