Use of Fundus Imaging in Quantification of Age-related Macular Change

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 655-671

  Bartlett, Hannah ^a   Eperjesi, Frank ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age related macular disease; drusen; grading; imaging; quantification

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; CELECOXIB; CORTICOSTEROID; INDOCYANINE GREEN; RANIBIZUMAB;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUSEN; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEIDELBERG RETINA TOMOGRAPH; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL THICKNESS ANALYZER; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACULAR DEGENERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 36049040259     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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