Reliability of screening methods for diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 783-790

  Benbassat, Jochanan ^a   Polak, Bettine C P ^b  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Reliability; Reproducibility of results; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROANEURYSM; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA IMAGE; SCREENING TEST;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MASS SCREENING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 68149118908     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02778.x     Document Type: Article

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