Keratoconus staging: A computer-assisted ultrabiomicroscopic method compared with videokeratogrophic analysis

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 655-660

  Avitabile, Teresio ^a   Franco, Livio ^a   Ortisi, Elina ^a   Castiglione, Francesco ^a   Pulvirenti, Manuela ^a   Torrisi, Benedetto ^a   Castiglione, Filippo ^b   Reibaldi, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer assisted diagnosis; Keratoconus; Ultrasound biomicroscopy; Videokeratography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; ULTRABIOMICROSCOPY; VIDEOKERATOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEVISION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 4744376301     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000127486.78424.6e     Document Type: Article

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