Sensitivity and Specificity of New GDx Parameters

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-33

  Colen, Thomas P ^a   Tang, Nancy E M L ^a   Mulder, Paul G H ^b   Lemij, Hans G ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GDx; Parameters; Scanning laser polarimetry; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETINOGRAPHY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642458184     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200402000-00006     Document Type: Article

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