Intraobserver and interobserver reliability indices for drawing scanning laser ophthalmoscope optic disc contour lines with and without the aid of optic disc photographs

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 351-357

  Watkins, Russell Julian ^a   Broadway, David Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; HRT; Optic disc; Reliability; Stereometric parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 25644455118     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000176938.00768.0d     Document Type: Article

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