Rapid automated tracing and feature extraction from retinal fundus images using direct exploratory algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-138

  Can, A H ^a   Shen, Hong ^a   Turner, James N ^a,b   Tanenbaum, Howard L ^c   Roysam, Badrinath ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Sight   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER APPLICATIONS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

DIRECT EXPLORATORY ALGORITHMS; RAPID AUTOMATED TRACING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOMATION; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0032585839     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4233.767088     Document Type: Article

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