A web-based telemedicine system for diabetic retinopathy screening using digital fundus photography

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-57

  Wei, Jack C ^a   Valentino, Daniel J ^b   Bell, Douglas S ^b   Baker, Richard S ^a,c  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; HEALTH CARE; HTTP; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SECURITY OF DATA; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENING; JAVA SERVER PAGES (JSP); OPEN SOURCE RELEASE; RETINAL IMAGING; SECURE SOCKET LAYER (SSL);

TELEMEDICINE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33644887134     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.12.50     Document Type: Article

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