Accuracy of GDx VCC, HRT I, and clinical assessment of stereoscopic optic nerve head photographs for diagnosing glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-318

  Reus, Nicolaas J ^a   De Graaf, Maartje ^a   Lemij, Hans G ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENT; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947589094     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.096586     Document Type: Article

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