Telemedicine-based digital retinal imaging vs standard ophthalmologic evaluation for the assessment of diabetic retinopathy

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-90

  Li, Zhijian ^a,b   Wu, Chengqing ^a   Olayiwola, J Nwando ^c   Hilaire, Daniel St ^c   Huang, John J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ECONOMICS; EYE FUNDUS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INSURANCE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MASS SCREENING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863284881     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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