Screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) using wide-angle digital retinal photography by non-ophthalmologists: A systematic review

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 281-288

  Athikarisamy, Sam E ^a,b   Patole, Sanjay ^b,c   Lam, Geoffrey C ^a,d   Dunstan, Catherine ^a   Rao, Shripada ^a,b,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WIDE ANGLE DIGITAL RETINAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84923281907     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-304984     Document Type: Article

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