Measuring retinal vessel tortuosity in 10-year-old children: Validation of the computer-assisted image analysis of the retina (caiar) program

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2004-2010

  Owen, Christopher G ^a   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Mullen, Robert ^b   Barman, Sarah A ^b   Monekosso, Dorothy ^b   Whincup, Peter H ^a   Ng, Jeffrey ^c   Paterson, Carl ^d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Departments of Bioengineering   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMAGE ANALYSIS OF THE RETINA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY; ARTERIOLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RETINA DISEASE; VENULE;

ARTERIOLES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; VENULES;

EID: 65549125943     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3018     Document Type: Article

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