Strategies for improving the diagnostic specificity of the frequency doubling perimeter

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-56

  Heeg, Govert P ^a   Stoutenbeek, Remco ^a   Jansonius, Nomdo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frequency doubling technology (FDT); GDx; Glaucoma; Perimetry; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FIBER; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

COHORT STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PERIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14744270733     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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