Objective grading of the anterior eye

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-278

  Peterson, Rachael C ^a   Wolffsohn, James S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulbar; Conjunctiva; Cornea; Corneal staining; Grading scale; Hyperaemia; Image analysis; Objective; Ocular surface; Palpebral; Subjective

Indexed keywords

BULBAR; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEAL STAINING; GRADING SCALE; HYPERAEMIA; OBJECTIVE; OCULAR SURFACE; PALPEBRAL; SUBJECTIVE;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TERMINOLOGY;

GRADING;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTACT LENS RESEARCH UNIT GRADING SCALE; CORNEA INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFRON GRADING SCALE; EYELID; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE DISEASES; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 66149158237     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181981976     Document Type: Article

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