Segmentation of candidate dark lesions in fundus images based on local thresholding and pixel density

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 6735-6738

  Grisan, Enrico ^a   Ruggeri, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification; Fundus imaging; Retina; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROCIRCULATION;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FUNDUS IMAGES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 57649199610     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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