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CHAPTER 4. DISSERTATIONS ON DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

Overview

In this chapter, we will give you a bibliography on recent dissertations relating to diabetic retinopathy. We will also provide you with information on how to use the Internet to stay current on dissertations. IMPORTANT NOTE: When following the search strategy described below, you may discover non-medical dissertations that use the generic term “diabetic retinopathy” (or a synonym) in their titles. To accurately reflect the results that you might find while conducting research on diabetic retinopathy, we have not necessarily excluded non-medical dissertations in this bibliography.

Dissertations on Diabetic Retinopathy

ProQuest Digital Dissertations, the largest archive of academic dissertations available, is located at the following Web address: http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations. From this archive, we have compiled the following list covering dissertations devoted to diabetic retinopathy. You will see that the information provided includes the dissertation’s title, its author, and the institution with which the author is associated. The following covers recent dissertations found when using this search procedure:

•Medical imaging: Requirements analysis for automating diabetic retinopathy monitoring and diagnosis by Kornechuk, Thomas Daniel, MCSc from DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY (CANADA), 2003, 89 pages http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/MQ79534

Keeping Current

Ask the medical librarian at your library if it has full and unlimited access to the ProQuest Digital Dissertations database. From the library, you should be able to do more complete searches via http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations.