Automatic exudate detection from non-dilated diabetic retinopathy retinal images using Fuzzy C-means clustering

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 2148-2161

  Sopharak, Akara ^a   Uyyanonvara, Bunyarit ^a   Barman, Sarah ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Exudates; Fuzzy C Means clustering; Non dilated retinal images

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SYSTEMS; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

COARSE SEGMENTATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EXUDATE DETECTIONS; EXUDATES; FUZZY C MEANS CLUSTERING; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; RETINAL IMAGE;

EYE PROTECTION;

EID: 64049117960     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90302148     Document Type: Article

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