The validity and reliability of diagnosing foot ulcers and pre-ulcerative lesions in diabetes using advanced digital photography

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1011-1017

  Hazenberg, C E V B ^a   Van Baal, J G ^a   Manning, Erik ^a   Bril, Adriaan ^a   Bus, Sicco A ^a,b  

^a TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMONITORING;

CALLOSITIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650128318     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2010.0088     Document Type: Article

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