An image-processing strategy for the segmentation and quantification of microaneurysms in fluorescein angiograms of the ocular fundus

Computers and Biomedical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 284-302

  Spencer, Timothy ^a   Olson, John A ^b   McHardy, Kenneth C ^b   Sharp, Peter F ^a   Forrester, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Diabetic Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASE; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROANEURYSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0042262446     PISSN: 00104809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbmr.1996.0021     Document Type: Article

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