Optic nerve head segmentation using genetic active contours

Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering 2008, ICCCE08: Global Links for Human Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 783-787

  Hussain, Abdul Razak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODELING; ACTIVE CONTOURS; CAUCASIANS; COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING; EARLY DETECTION; ENERGY MINIMIZATION PROCEDURE; GENETIC ALGORITHM (GA); HUMAN DEVELOPMENTS; IMPROVED ALGORITHM; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTIC NERVE HEAD; RETINAL NERVES; SCREENING EFFICIENCY;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BLOOD VESSELS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DIAGNOSIS; DIESEL ENGINES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TECHNOLOGY;

EYE PROTECTION;

EID: 51849103336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCCE.2008.4580712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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