Separation of the retinal vascular graph in arteries and veins based upon structural knowledge

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 864-875

  Rothaus, Kai ^a   Jiang, Xiaoyi ^a   Rhiem, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artery; Constraint propagation; Constraint satisfaction problem; Retinal vascular graph; Vein

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; STEELMAKING;

ARTERY; CONSTRAINT PROPAGATION; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION PROBLEM; RETINAL VASCULAR GRAPH; VEIN;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 64849101148     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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