Micro-aneurysm detection using vessels removal and circular Hough transform

National Radio Science Conference, NRSC, Proceedings

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 421-426

  Abdelazeem, S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; EYE PROTECTION; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ANGIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; AUTOMATIC DETECTION; CIRCULAR HOUGH TRANSFORMS; CIRCULAR OBJECTS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIGITAL IMAGE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 32244434239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NRSC.2002.1022650     Document Type: Conference Paper

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