The use of digital imaging in the identification of skip areas after laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity and its implications for education and patient care

Retina

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2162-2169

  Kang, Kai B ^a   Orlin, Anton ^a   Lee, Thomas C ^b   Chiang, Michael F ^c   Chan, R V Paul ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPHTHALMIC CAMERA; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT CARE; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINA IMAGE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIP AREA;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT CARE; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84887074420     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31828e6969     Document Type: Article

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