Managing 'suspicious glaucomatous discs' identified during digital-photography-based diabetic retinopathy screening

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-25

  Steele, C ^a   Steel, D ^a   Bone, H ^b   McParland, L ^a   Green, L ^b   Fraser, S ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND EYE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Washington Galleries Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Digital photography; Glaucoma; Retinopathy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYDRIASIS; OPTOMETRIST; OPTOMETRY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33645127392     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00361.x     Document Type: Review

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