Estimation of melanin content in iris of human eye

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5688, Issue , 2005, Pages 302-311

  Koblova, Ekaterina V ^a   Bashkatov, Alexey N ^b   Genina, Elina A ^b   Tuchin, Valery V ^b   Bakutkin, Valery V ^a  

^a SARATOV STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Digital image analysis; Glaucoma; Iris; Melanin content; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; IRIS; MELANIN CONTENT;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DISEASES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTROMETERS; TISSUE;

VISION;

EID: 21844459225     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.593651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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