Multicolor imaging detects features of AMD

Specificity values were high when multicolor retinal imaging was used to detect features of age-related macular degeneration, according to a study.Researchers evaluated 105 eyes with gradable images for comparison of features of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The observational case series included images from 26 patients in the pilot phase of the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing and from 33 patients at hospital clinics. The researchers graded early and late AMD features, such as hard drusen, soft drusen and pigment clumping, on color fundus photography (Canon CX-1 (Read more...)

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