Detection and measurement of retinal vessels in fundus images using amplitude modified second-order Gaussian filter

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 168-172

  Gang, Luo ^a   Chutatape, Opas ^a   Krishnan, Shankar M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fundus image; Matched filter; Retinal vessel; Vessel measurements

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR DETECTION; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

RETINAL VESSELS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE FUNDUS; FILTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL VESSELS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0036156161     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.979356     Document Type: Article

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