External quality assurance for image grading in the Scottish Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 776-783

  Goatman, K A ^a   Philip, S ^b   Fleming, A D ^a   Harvey, R D ^c   Swa, K K ^d   Styles, C ^e   Black, M ^c   Sell, G ^c   Lee, N ^c   Sharp, P F ^a   Olson, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS HIGHLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Quality assurance; Retinal screening; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL AUDIT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84861132533     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03504.x     Document Type: Article

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