A fully automated comparative microaneurysm digital detection system

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 622-628

  Cree, Michael J ^a   Olson, John A ^b   Mchardy, Kenneth C ^b   Sharp, Peter F ^a   Forrester, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer; Diabetes; Digitisation; Microaneurysm; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROANEURYSM; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA IMAGE; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030711537     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.166     Document Type: Article

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