The segmentation of zones with increased autofluorescence in the junctional zone of parapapillary atrophy

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 505-516

  Kolar R ^a   Laemmer, R ^b   Jan, J ^a   Mardin, Ch Y ^b  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Glaucoma; Image segmentation; Parapapillary atrophy

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; DIAGNOSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AUTOMATIC DETECTION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; IMAGES SEGMENTATIONS; OBJECTIVE EVALUATION; OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PARAPAPILLARY ATROPHY; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SEMI-AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; SEMI-AUTOMATICS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INFRARED RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; OPTIC DISK; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

AGED; FLUORESCENCE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

EID: 67651151396     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/5/007     Document Type: Article

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