Comparison of color fundus photographs and fundus autofluorescence images in measuring geographic atrophy area

Retina

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1884-1891

  Khanifar, Aziz A ^a   Lederer, David E ^a   Ghodasra, Jason H ^a   Stinnett, Sandra S ^a   Lee, Jane J ^a   Cousins, Scott W ^a   Bearelly, Srilaxmi ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; color fundus photographs; fundus autofluorescence; geographic atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866922147     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182509778     Document Type: Article

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