Automated software analysis of corneal micrographs for peripheral neuropathy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4480-4491

  Holmes, Timothy J ^a   Pellegrini, Marco ^b   Miller, Clayton ^a   Epplin Zapf, Thomas ^a   Larkin, Sean ^a   Luccarelli, Saverio ^b   Staurenghi, Giovanni ^b  

^a Lickenbrock Technologies LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL MICROGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA; HOSPITALIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77957374364     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4108     Document Type: Article

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