Fractal-based automatic localization and segmentation of optic disc in retinal images

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4139-4141

  Ying, Huajun ^b   Zhang, Ming ^b   Liu, Jyh Charn ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractal; Histogram; Retinal images

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; FRACTALS;

AUTOMATED PROCESSING; LOCAL HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS; OPTIC DISC; RETINAL IMAGES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY; RETINA DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL DISEASES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 57649201967     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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