An evaluation of photographic screening for neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 611-616

  Maberley, D A L ^a,b   Isbister, C ^a   MacKenzie, P ^a   Aralar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Interobserver agreement; Screening; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXUDATE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATIENT REFERRAL; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 21244441460     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701584     Document Type: Review

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