Telemedicine screening for retinopathy of prematurity in developing countries using digital retinal images: A feasibility project

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-258

  Skalet, Alison H ^a   Quinn, Graham E ^a,b   Ying, Gui Shuang ^b   Gordillo, Luz ^c   Dodobara, Luz ^c   Cocker, Ken ^d   Fielder, Alistair R ^d   Ells, Anna L ^e   Mills, Monte D ^a,b   Wilson, Clare ^d   Gilbert, Clare ^f  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL EDGARDO REBAGLIATI MARTINS   (Peru)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Calgary Retina Consultants   (Canada)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYLEPHRINE; TROPICAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RETINAL IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNET; LASER COAGULATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NURSE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA IMAGE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCREENING TEST; SPAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERU; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 45849133730     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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