Telemedicine Approach to Screening for Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Pilot Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2113-2117

  Ells, Anna L ^a   Holmes, Jonathan M ^b   Astle, William F ^a   Williams, Geoff ^a   Leske, David A ^b   Fielden, Michael ^a   Uphill, Brad ^a   Jennett, Penny ^c   Hebert, Marilynne ^c  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL COMPUTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEWBORN SCREENING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINOPATHY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0242317878     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00831-5     Document Type: Article

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