Glaucoma risk assessment using a non-linear multivariable regression method

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1149-1159

  Kourkoutas, D ^a,b   Karanasiou, I S ^c   Tsekouras, G J ^d   Moshos, M ^b   Iliakis, E ^b   Georgopoulos, G ^b  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d HELLENIC NAVAL ACADEMY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Glaucoma; Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II; Non linear multivariable regression model

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; GLAUCOMA; HEIDELBERG; INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION METHODS; MULTIVARIABLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIABLE REGRESSION MODEL; OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRUCTURAL MEASUREMENTS; TOMOGRAPHS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT CARE; PIGMENT GLAUCOMA; PSEUDOEXFOLIATIVE GLAUCOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84868596625     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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