An inter-observer and intra-observer study of a classification of RetCam images of retinal haemorrhages in children

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-104

  Mulvihill, Alan O ^a,b   Jones, Patricia ^c   Tandon, Anamika ^a,b   Fleck, Brian W ^a,b   Minns, Robert A ^b,c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 78650801319     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.168153     Document Type: Article

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