Diagnosis of glaucoma using telemedicine - The effect of compression on the evaluation of optic nerve head cup-disc ratio

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Beauregard, Danielle ^a,b   Lewis, John ^a   Piccolo, Marc ^a   Bedell, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD; TELEMEDICINE;

GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; OPTIC NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 0033657678     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/1357633001934401     Document Type: Article

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