Quality assurance for diabetic retinopathy telescreening

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 794-802

  Schneider, Siegfried ^a   Aldington, S J ^b   Kohner, E M ^c   Luzio, S ^d   Owens, D R ^d   Schmidt, V ^a   Schuell, H ^a   Zahlmann, G ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Diabetes Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Mass screening; Quality assurance; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 20444431266     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01512.x     Document Type: Article

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