Optimal image sample size for corneal nerve morphometry

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 812-817

  Vagenas, Dimitrios ^a   Pritchard, Nicola ^a   Edwards, Katie ^a   Shahidi, Ayda M ^a   Sampson, Geoff P ^a   Russell, Anthony W ^b   Malik, Rayaz A ^c   Efron, Nathan ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corneal confocal microscopy; corneal nerves; diabetes; sampling methodology

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING; COMBINATION ANALYSIS; CORNEAL IMAGES; CORNEAL NERVES; MEAN RATIO; MORPHOMETRY; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIMAL IMAGES; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SAMPLE SIZES; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; TYPE-2 DIABETES;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETERS;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

CORNEA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84861093523     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31824ee8c9     Document Type: Article

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