Comparison of an objective method of measuring bulbar redness to the use of traditional grading scales

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Sorbara, Luigina ^a   Simpson, Trefford ^a   Duench, Stephanie ^a   Schulze, Marc ^a   Fonn, Desmond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulbar hyperemia; Chromaticity; Grading scales; Ocular redness; Photometry; Silicone hydrogel

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 33847138575     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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