Detecting progression of nuclear sclerosis by using human grading versus semiautomated computer grading

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1155-1162

  Klein, Barbara E K ^a,c   Hubbard, Larry ^c   Ferrier, Nicola J ^b   Klein, Ronald ^a   Klein, Daniel J ^b   Lee, Kristine E ^a   Ewen, Andrew ^a   Jensen, Karl ^a   Evans, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LENS; LENS DISEASE; LENS NUCLEUS; LENS NUCLEUS SCLEROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SLIT LAMP; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; CATARACT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCLEROSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 18244384995     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0239     Document Type: Article

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