Extraction of the contours of optic disc and exudates based on marker-controlled watershed segmentation

Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, ICCSIT 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 719-723

  Eswaran, C ^a   Reza, Ahmed Wasif ^a   Hati, Subhas ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; EYE PROTECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WATERSHEDS;

AVERAGE SENSITIVITIES; CONTRAST ADJUSTMENTS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHIES; EYE DISEASES; FUNDUS IMAGES; OPTIC DISCS; PREPROCESSING STEPS; TEST IMAGES; WATERSHED SEGMENTATIONS; WATERSHED TRANSFORMATIONS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 57849109459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCSIT.2008.13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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