Specifications :

Instrument

• Size: 13 cm x 8.5 cm x 3.5 cm
• weight: less than 300g
• Power consumption with the automated acquisition device : 5.7 W
• A gel must be used between the eye of the rat and the instrument in order

Probing light

• Wavelength: 780 nm
• Intensity: 250 μW
• Beam diameter at the pupil : 1.5 mm

Optical principle

• Confocal (self-aligned)

Fundus illumination

• provided through 6 LED @ 540 +/- 30 nm
• inner pupil diameter: 2.6 mm
• outer pupil diameter: 4.3 mm

Data Analysis

• The instrument delivers an electrical signal, which is analysed by dedicated FloM-acquisition.

References

• M. Mentek, F. Truffer, C. Chiquet, D. Godin-Ribuot, S. Amoos, C. Loeuillet, M. Bernabei, and M. Geiser, “Compact Laser Doppler Flowmeter (LDF) Fundus Camera for the Assessment of Retinal Blood Perfusion in Small Animals.,” PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 7, p. e0134378, 2015.