Effect of letter separation on computerised visual acuity measurements: Comparison with the gold standard Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) chart: Technical Note

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-203

  Shah, Nilpa ^a   Laidlaw, D Alistair H ^a,b   Brown, Graham ^a   Robson, Chloe ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COMPlog; Contour interaction; Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION SCREENING; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77049107750     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2009.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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