Accuracy of ROPtool vs individual examiners in assessing retinal vascular tortuosity

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1523-1530

  Wallace, David K ^a,b   Freedman, Sharon F ^a   Zhao, Zheen ^a   Jung, Sin Ho ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA IMAGE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; ROPTOOL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36148984913     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.11.1523     Document Type: Article

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