Use of real-time telemedicine in the detection of diabetic macular oedema: A pilot study

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 312-316

  Peter, Jayanthi V ^a   Piantadosi, Julia ^b   Piantadosi, Cynthia ^c   Cooper, Peter ^a   Gehling, Neil ^a   Kaufmann, Claude ^d   Goggin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Macular oedema; Real time; Retinopathy; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEVISION CAMERA; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33746555412     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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