Comparison of clinical and digital assessment of nuclear optical density

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-126

  Robman, L D ^a   McCarty, C A ^a   Garrett, S K M ^b   Stephenson, H ^b   Thomas, A P ^b   McNeil, J J ^b   Taylor, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract; Nuclear grading; Scheimpflug lens imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENS; LUMINESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; DENSITOMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033001091     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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