An improved matched filter for blood vessel detection of digital retinal images

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 262-267

  Al Rawi, Mohammed ^a   Qutaishat, Munib ^a   Arrar, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Digital image; DRIVE; Matched filter; Retina image; Retinopathy; Vessel detection

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DRIVE; MATCHED FILTERS; RETINA IMAGES; RETINOPATHY; VESSEL DETECTION;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; DATA BASE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FILTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA IMAGE; RETINOPATHY;

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 33845430530     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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