Optometric referrals to retina specialists: Evaluation and triage via teleophthalmology

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-445

  Hanson, Chris ^a   Tennant, Matthew T S ^a   Rudnisky, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Optometric referrals; Retina specialists; Teleophthalmology; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ARGON; COHERENT LIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; GAS LASERS; HEALTH; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INERT GASES; KETONES; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TESTING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; TELEMEDICINE; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ALBERTA , CANADA; ARGON LASERS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS; DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND (DUS); FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TESTING; MEDICAL TREATMENTS; OPTICAL-COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT); TELEOPHTHALMOLOGY; TRAVEL DISTANCES; TRAVEL TIME; VISUAL FIELD (VF); WEB SERVERS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTOMETRY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TELEMEDICINE; TELEOPHTHALMOLOGY; VITRECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE; TRIAGE;

EID: 46249100048     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0068     Document Type: Article

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