Software-assisted optic nerve assessment for glaucoma tele-screening

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-265

  Khouri, Albert S ^a   Szirth, Bernard C ^a   Shahid, Khadija S ^a   Fechtner, Robert D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Imaging; Optic nerve; Screening; Software

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXELS; VISION AIDS;

CUP TO DISC RATIO; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA TELESCREENING; OPTIC NERVES;

TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAMERA; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPTIC CUP TO DISK RATIO; OPTIC DISK CUP; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE HEAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 42449149615     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0049     Document Type: Article

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