A multiple sector search method for extracting viewing strategy from fundus images obtained through a scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 6, Issue 42038, 2004, Pages 153-162

  Mermoud, Christophe ^a   Whatham, Andrew ^a   Déruaz, Anouk ^a   Safran, Avinoam ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; fixation; scanning laser ophthalmoscope; scotoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845486672     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350490903744     Document Type: Article

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