Tele-transmission of stereoscopic images of the optic nerve head in glaucoma via internet

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 439-444

  Bergua, Antonio ^a   Mardin, Christian Y ^a   Horn, Folkert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Internet; Optic nerve head; Stereoscopic images; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; COLOR IMAGES; COLOR QUALITY; COMPUTER DISPLAY; FILE FORMATS; GLAUCOMA; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; INNER WALLS; INTERNET TRANSMISSION; LCD DISPLAYS; MONOSCOPIC; OPTIC NERVE HEAD; REFRESH RATE; SHUTTER GLASS; STEREO VISUALIZATION; STEREO-IMAGE; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES; STEREOSCOPIC VISUALIZATION; TELE-TRANSMISSION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION;

DIAGNOSIS; EYE PROTECTION; INTERNET; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; VISUALIZATION; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNET; MICROCOMPUTER; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREORADIOGRAPHY; TELEMEDICINE;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERNET; OPTIC NERVE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 67650784361     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2008.0162     Document Type: Article

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