Validity of a new computer-aided diagnosis imaging program to quantify nuclear cataract from slit-lamp photographs

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1314-1319

  Cheung, Carol Yim Lui ^a   Li, Huiqi ^b   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,c   Mitchell, Paul ^d   Wang, Jie Jin ^c,d   Tan, Ava Grace ^d   Johari, Lily K ^a   Liu, Jiang ^b   Lim, Joo Hwee ^b   Aung, Tin ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS IMAGING PROGRAM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CATARACT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79955980645     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5427     Document Type: Article

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