Automatic tracing of optic disc and exudates from color fundus images using fixed and variable thresholds

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-80

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

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Biomedical applications; Diabetic retinopathy; Exudates; Optic disc

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; EYE DISEASES; FUNDUS OCULI; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 58349088095     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-008-9166-4     Document Type: Article

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