Assessment of optic disc photographs for glaucoma by UK optometrists: The Moorfields Optic Disc Assessment Study (MODAS)

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 618-624

  Hadwin, Shona E ^a   Redmond, Tony ^a   Garway Heath, David F ^a   Lemij, Hans G ^b   Reus, Nicolaas J ^b   Ward, Gavin ^a   Anderson, Roger S ^a,c  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic imaging; Glaucoma; Optic disc; Optometrist; Stereoscopic images

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC DISK; OPTOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; OPTOMETRIST; STANDARD; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC DISK; OPTOMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISC; OPTOMETRIST; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES;

EID: 84881614556     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/opo.12066     Document Type: Article

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