Enhancement of blood vessels in digital fundus photographs via the application of multiscale line operators

Journal of the Franklin Institute

Volumn 345, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 748-765

  Farnell, D J J ^a   Hatfield, F N ^b   Knox, P ^b   Reakes, M ^c   Spencer, S ^d   Parry, D ^d   Harding, S P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood vessel segmentation; Digital fundus photographs; Multiscale line operators

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; SET THEORY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WAVE FILTERS;

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; BLOOD-VESSEL SEGMENTATION; COLOUR IMAGES; DATA SETS; DIGITAL FUNDUS IMAGES; DIGITAL FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHS; FUNDUS IMAGING; FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHS; GOLD STANDARDS; HEALTHY CONTROLS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LINE OPERATORS; MEDIAN FILTERING; MULTI SCALING; MULTISCALE LINE OPERATORS; REGION GROWING; RETINAL IMAGING; ROC CURVES; THRESHOLDING; VESSEL STRUCTURES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 53249115566     PISSN: 00160032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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