Variability in digital assessment of cortical and posterior subcapsular cataract

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-118

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract; Retroillumination images; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMINESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033042125     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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