Use of digital retinal imaging in screening for retinopathy of prematurity

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kandasamy, Yogavijayan ^a   Smith, Roger ^b   Wright, Ian ^b   Hartley, Leo ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

digital retinal imaging; neonatal nurse; neonatology; retinopathy of prematurity; teleophthalmology

Indexed keywords

CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL RETINAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE;

AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; NEW ZEALAND; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84872489730     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2012.02557.x     Document Type: Review

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