Digital image analysis of plus disease in retinopathy of prematurity

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-377

  Aslam, Tariq ^a,b   Fleck, Brian ^a   Patton, Niall ^b   Trucco, Manuel ^c   Azegrouz, Hind ^d  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Retina; Segmentation; Tortuosity; Vessel measurement

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; VALIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 66249102654     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01448.x     Document Type: Review

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