Computer estimation of the AVR parameter in diabetic retinopathy

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 141-144

  Tramontan, L ^a   Ruggeri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AVR; Diabetes; Image analysis; Retina

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; EYE PROTECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LARGE DATASET; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ARTERIOLAR-TO-VENULAR DIAMETER RATIOS; CLASSIFICATION ERRORS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; REGION OF INTEREST; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; RETINA; USER INTERACTION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 77950106609     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03891-4_38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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