Elliptical local vessel density: A fast and robust quality metric for retinal images

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3534-3537

  Giancardo, L ^a   Abramoff M D ^b,c   Chaum, E ^d   Karnowski, T P ^e   Meriaudeau, F ^a   Tobin Jr , K W ^e  

^a European VIBOT Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTION; IMAGE QUALITY;

AUTOMATIC SCREENING; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FIELD OF VIEWS; FUNDUS CAMERA; QUALITY METRICES; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; RETINAL IMAGE;

DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; AUTOMATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTIC DISK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61849174108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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