Assessment of diabetic retinopathy using two-field 60°fundus photography. A comparison between red-free, black-and-white prints and colour transparencies

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 638-647

  Von Wendt, Gunvor ^a   Heikkilä, Kauko ^b   Summanen, Paula ^b  

^a Herttoniemi Hospital   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diabetic maculopathy; Diabetic retinopathy; Grading scale; Retinal photography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETINA MACULOPATHY;

EID: 0033428735     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770607.x     Document Type: Article

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