Detecting the Optic Disc in Retinal Images by means of a Geometrical Model of Vessel Network

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 902-905

  Ruggeri, A ^a   Foracchia, M ^a   Grisan, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geometrical model; Optic disc; Retinal images; Simulated annealing; Vessel tracking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PATHOLOGY; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

OPTIC DISC; RETINAL IMAGES; VESSEL NETWORKS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 1542302399     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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