A comparison of digital retinal images and 35 mm colour transparencies in detecting and grading diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-253

  George, L D ^a   Halliwell, M ^b   Hill, R ^b   Aldington, S J ^c   Lusty, J ^b   Dunstan, F ^d   Owens, D R ^a  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic retinopathy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINOGRAPHY; SCREENING TEST;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031930426     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199803)15:3<250::AID-DIA565>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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