Patent ID: 8251510

Claim:
An ophthalmic observation apparatus for observing an image of an examinee's eye that is obtained by an ophthalmic photographing apparatus, the ophthalmic observation apparatus comprising: an input device arranged to output an operation signal given by an examiner; a monitor; and a display control unit arranged to display a first image and a second image of a same portion of the examinee's eye that are obtained at different dates and times of examination on the monitor in a comparable manner, wherein both of the first and second images comprise tomographic images that are obtained at a same photographing position, or both of the first and second images comprise front images that are obtained at a same photographing position; and when changing a display region of one of the first image and second image based on the operation signal outputted from the input device, synchronize the change of the display region between the first image and the second image in a manner that moving directions and moving amounts of the display regions of the images become equal to each other.