New objective classification system for nuclear opacification

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1197-1204

  Duncan, D D ^a   Shukla, O B ^a   West, S K ^b   Schein, O D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Classification; Nuclear; Opacification; Standards

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DISEASES; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MICROSCOPES; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPACITY; VISION;

CATARACT; HUMAN EYES; NUCLEAR OPACIFICATION; REGION OF INTEREST; TEST AND RETEST REPRODUCIBILITY; WILMER GRADING SCHEME;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATARACT; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; CATARACT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031150156     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001197     Document Type: Article

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