Wide-field digital retinal imaging versus binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy for retinopathy of prematurity screening: A two-observer prospective, randomised comparison

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-359

  Dhaliwal, C ^a   Wright, E ^a   Graham, C ^b   McIntosh, N ^a   Fleck, B W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR INDIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE EXAMINATION; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION TEST; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WIDE FIELD DIGITAL RETINAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEONATAL SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61749099146     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.148908     Document Type: Article

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