A parametric approach to measuring limbus corneae from digital images

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1134-1140

  Iskander, D Robert ^a,b,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Horizontal corneal diameter; Horizontal visible iris diameter; Limbus size; Pupillometry; Sigmoidal function; White to white corneal diameter

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL CORNEAL DIAMETER; HORIZONTAL VISIBLE IRIS DIAMETER; LIMBUS SIZE; PUPILLOMETRY; SIGMOIDAL FUNCTION; WHITE-TO-WHITE CORNEAL DIAMETER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE PROTECTION; LIGHTING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CORNEA LIMBUS; DIGITAL IMAGING; METHODOLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PARAMETRIC TEST; PUPILLOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIMBUS CORNEAE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33744967725     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.873387     Document Type: Article

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