Diabetic retinopathy: A quadtree based blood vessel detection algorithm using RGB components in fundus images

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-155

  Reza, Ahmed Wasif ^a   Eswaran, C ^a   Hati, Subhas ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Image processing; Quadtree decomposition; Vessel detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLOR; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE FUNDUS; FILTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; QUADTREE DECOMPOSITION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

ALGORITHMS; COLOR; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 40549095036     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9117-5     Document Type: Article

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