Identification of the optic nerve head with genetic algorithms

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-259

  Carmona, Enrique J ^a   Rincón, Mariano ^a   García Feijoó, Julián ^b   Martínez de la Casa, José M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constraint handling; Ellipse fitting; Genetic algorithm; Glaucoma; Optic nerve head segmentation

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; APPLIED (CO); AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS; COLOUR IMAGES; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; EYE FUNDUS; GENERALIZATION CAPABILITIES; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; INTENSITY LEVELS; OPTIC NERVE HEAD (ONH); PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING; SEGMENTATION METHODS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; EYE FUNDUS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GLAUCOMA; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC NERVE; PERIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CATARACT; GENETICS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; POPULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 45249092747     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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