Course tracking and contour extraction of retinal vessels from color fundus photographs: Most efficient use of steerable filters for model-based image analysis

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3338, Issue , 1998, Pages 755-761

  Kochner, Bianca ^a   Schuhmann, Dietrich ^a   Michaelis, Markus ^a   Mann, Gerd ^a   Englmeier, Karl Hans ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color fundus photographs; Hard exudates; Optic disc; Retina; Steerable filters; Vessel contour; Vessel course tracking

Indexed keywords

COLOR; EYE PROTECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TRELLIS CODES;

COLOR FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHS; HARD EXUDATES; OPTIC DISC; RETINA; STEERABLE FILTERS; VESSEL CONTOUR; VESSEL COURSE TRACKING;

OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 0001882552     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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