Update on the imaging techniques in the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy

Current Diabetes Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-208

  Lopez Lopez, Fernando ^a,b   Gomez Ulla, Francisco ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b Ophthalmologic Institute Gomez Ulla   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Diagnosis; Fluorescein angiography; Fundus autofluorescence; Imaging; Microperimetry; Optical coherence tomography and visual function; Teleophthalmology

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER COAGULATION; MYDRIASIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCREENING TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84861179056     PISSN: 15733998     EISSN: 18756417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339912800564025     Document Type: Article

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