Measurement of retinal vascular tortuosity and its application to retinal pathologies

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-95

  Dougherty, Geoff ^a   Johnson, Michael J ^b   Wiers, Matthew D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Predictive value; Retinal pathologies; Retinal vessels; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED DETECTION; CLASSIFICATION PROCESS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC INDICATORS; DISEASED VESSELS; EXPERT PANELS; GENERAL POPULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTIVE VALUES; RETINAL BLOOD VESSELS; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SCREENING TESTS; STRONG CORRELATION;

BLOOD VESSELS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EYE PROTECTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PATHOLOGY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VASCULITIS; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77649239181     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-009-0559-4     Document Type: Article

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