Automated vessel segmentation of 35MM colour non-mydriatic images in a community health screening project

Machine Graphics and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 57-68

  Jelinek, Herbert F ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Non mydriatic; Vessel segmentation; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTION; HEALTH RISKS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

COLOUR IMAGES; COMMUNITY HEALTH; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GABOR WAVELETS; HIGH-ACCURACY; LOW RESOLUTION; LOW-QUALITY; LOW-RESOLUTION IMAGES; NON-MYDRIATIC; POLAROID; REMOTE REGIONS; ROBUST ALGORITHMS; RURAL COMMUNITIES; VESSEL SEGMENTATION; VISUAL INSPECTION; WAVELET TRANSFORM;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 49549103988     PISSN: 12300535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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