A method of drusen measurement based on the geometry of fundus reflectance

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Smith, R Theodore ^a   Nagasaki, Takayuki ^a   Sparrow, Janet R ^a   Barbazetto, Irene ^a   Klaver, Caroline C W ^b   Chan, Jackie ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b IGT Afdeling Oogheelkunde   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUSEN; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MORPHOMETRICS; REFLECTOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; STANDARD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINAL DRUSEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL DRUSEN;

EID: 3042604496     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-2-10     Document Type: Article

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