401
Views
40
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

LOCS III versus the Oxford Clinical Cataract Classification and Grading System for the assessment of nuclear, cortical and posterior subcapsular cataract

, , &
Pages 179-194 | Accepted 20 May 1997, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

References

  • West S K, Taylor H R. The detection and grading of cataract: An epidemiologic perspective. Surv Ophthalmol 1986; 32: 175–84
  • Klein B EK, Klein R, Linton K LP, Magli Y L, Neider M W. Assessment of cataracts from photographs in the Beaver Dam eye study. Ophthalmology 1990; 97: 1428–33
  • West S K, Rosenthal F, Newland H S, Taylor H R. Use of photographic techniques to grade nuclear cataracts. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1988; 29: 73–7
  • Chylack L T, Wolfe J K, Singer D M, Leske M, Bullimore M A, Bailey I L, Friend J, McCarthy D, Wu S. The lens opacities classification system III. The longitudinal study of cataract study group. Arch Ophthalmol 1993; III: 831–6
  • Sparrow J M, Brown N AP, Shun-Shin G A, Bron A J. The Oxford modular cataract image analysis system. Eye 1990; 4: 638–48
  • Vivino M A, Mahurkar A, Trus B, Lopez M L, Datiles M. Quantitative analysis of retroillumination images. Eye 1995; 9: 77–84
  • Vivino M A, Chintalagiri S, Trus B L, Datiles M B. Development of a Scheimpflug slit lamp camera system for quantitative densitometric analysis. Eye 1993; 7: 791–8
  • Deane J S, Hall A B, Thompson J R, Rosenthal A R. The new Oxford image analysis system: Saturation and repeatability. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1995; 36: 5398, Abstract
  • Sparrow J M, Bron A J, Brown N AP, Ayliffe W, Hill A R. The Oxford clinical cataract classification and grading system. Int Ophthalmol 1986; 9: 207–25
  • Sparrow J M, Ayliffe W, Bron A J, Brown N P, Hill A R. Inter-observer and intra-observer variability of the Oxford clinical cataract classification and grading system. Int Ophthalmol 1988; 11: 151–7
  • Karbassi M, Khu P M, Singer D M, Chylack L T. Evaluation of lens opacities classification system III applied at the slit lamp. Optom Vis Sci 1993; 70: 923–8
  • Gibson J M, Rosenthal A R, Lavery J. A study of the prevalence of eye disease in the elderly in an English community. Trans Ophthalm Soc UK 1985; 104: 196–203
  • Clarke M, Clarke S, Odell A, Jagger C. The elderly at home: health and social status. Health Trends 1984; 16: 3–7
  • Pantilides E. The decimalization of the Oxford clinical cataract classification and grading system. University of Bristol, BristolUnited Kingdom 1993, MSc. Thesis
  • Bailey I L, Bullimore M A, Raasch T W., Taylor H R. Clinical grading and the effects of scaling. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1991; 32: 422–32
  • Bland L M, Altman D G. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1983; i: 307–19
  • Kendall M G, Stuart A. The advanced theory of statistics. Volume 2: Inference and Relationship, 3rd Edition. Charles Griffin, London 1973
  • Chylack L T., Jr, Leske M C, McCarthy D, Khu P M, Kashiwaagi T, Sperduto R. Lens Opacities Classification 11 (LOCS II). Arch Ophthalmol 1989; 107: 991–7
  • Sparrow J M. Methods of clinical cataract grading: two systems compared. Arch Ophthalmol 1990; 108: 1209
  • Taylor H R, Lee J A, Wang F, Munoz B. A comparison of two photographic systems for grading cataract. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1991; 32: 529–32
  • Chylack L T, Wolfe J K, Friend J, Khu P M, Singer D M, McCarthy D, Del Carmen J, Rosner B. Quantitating cataract and nuclear brunescence, the Harvard and LOCS III systems. Optom Vis Sci 1993; 70: 886–95

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.