Acutance, an objective measure of retinal nerve fibre image clarity

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 322-326

  Choong, Y F ^a   Rakebrandt, F ^a   North, R V ^a   Morgan, Jomes E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; RETINA;

EID: 0037341499     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.3.322     Document Type: Article

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