Technique of area measurement of epithelial defects

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 549-551

  Mukerji, Nitin ^b   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Area; Cornea; Epithelial defects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA ULCER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SLIT LAMP; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CORNEAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042845708     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200308000-00012     Document Type: Article

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