Ophthalmic imaging system

An ophthalmic imaging system comprising:

• a first imaging subsystem configured to form a primary image of the interior of an eye through the diameter of the eye pupil;
• a sensor array;
• and
• a second imaging subsystem comprising a lens array configured to form an array of secondary images on the sensor array;
• wherein the optical distance between the lenses and the sensor array (b), the diameter of the lenses (d), the diameter of the eye pupil (D), the optical distance between the object plane to be imaged and the eye lens (e) and the minimum radius of circle required to cover the lens array with circles having the minimum radius if the circles were centred on the centres of the lenses (R) obey the relation
• b
• d
• =
• Xe
• D
• 
• (
• 1
• D
• 4
• 
• R
• -
• 1
• )
• ,
• where
• 
• 
• X
• ≤
• 82.

A method of performing ophthalmic imaging comprising:

• using a first imaging subsystem to form a primary image of the interior of an eye through the diameter of the eye pupil;
• and
• using a second imaging subsystem comprising a lens array to form an array of secondary images on a sensor array;
• wherein the lens array is composed of a plurality of types of lenses, each type having a different optical power.