Science and art in retinopathy of prematurity diagnosis

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Ophthalmology and Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, 3375 SW Terwilliger Boulevard, Portland, OR, 97239, USA. chiangm@ohsu.edu.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Pediatric Retina, Narayana Nethralaya Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, India.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Comment

Michael F Chiang et al. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan;254(1):201-2.

doi: 10.1007/s00417-015-3107-y. Epub 2015 Jul 22.

¹ Departments of Ophthalmology and Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, 3375 SW Terwilliger Boulevard, Portland, OR, 97239, USA. chiangm@ohsu.edu.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Pediatric Retina, Narayana Nethralaya Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, India.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

No abstract available

Comment on

Aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity: a pilot study of quantitative analysis of vascular features.
Woo R, Chan RV, Vinekar A, Chiang MF. Woo R, et al. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2015 Feb;253(2):181-7. doi: 10.1007/s00417-014-2857-2. Epub 2014 Nov 21. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2015. PMID: 25413261 Free PMC article.
Experts contradict established classification.
Shapiro MJ, Blair MP, Garcia-Gonzalez JM. Shapiro MJ, et al. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2016 Jan;254(1):199. doi: 10.1007/s00417-015-3106-z. Epub 2015 Jul 21. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2016. PMID: 26194405 No abstract available.

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