Computerized detection and measurement of drusen in age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-134

  Friberg, Thomas R ^a   Huang, Linda ^a   Palaiou, Maria ^a   Bremer, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUSEN; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL DRUSEN;

EID: 34247154950     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20070301-07     Document Type: Article

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