Sensitivity and specificity of digital retinal images in grading diabetic retinopathy

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-130

  Saari, Jukka M ^a   Summanen, Paula ^b   Kivelä, Tero ^b   Saari, K Matti ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Digital red free imaging; Digital retinal colour imaging; Non proliferative diabetic retinopathy; Proliferative diabetic retinopathy; Screening; Sensitivity and specificity; Telemedicine screening

Indexed keywords

MYDRIATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VIDEORECORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 1942452239     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2004.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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