Three-dimensional analysis of retinal layer texture: Identification of fluid-filled regions in SD-OCT of the macula

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1321-1330

  Quellec, Gwénolé ^a   Lee, Kyungmoo ^b   Dolejsi, Martin ^b   Garvin, Mona K ^b   Abràmoff, Michael D ^a   Sonka, Milan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration (AMD); Anatomical atlas; Macula; Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT); Symptomatic exudate associated derangements (SEADs); Three dimensional (3 D) texture

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; ABNORMALITY DETECTION; AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ANATOMICAL ATLAS; AUTOMATED METHODS; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CROSS-LAYER; DETECTION METHODS; EYE DISEASE; FEATURE VARIATIONS; FLUID-FILLED; GENERAL APPROACH; HUMAN EXPERT; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; RETINAL LAYERS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OCT; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIES; TEXTURAL INFORMATION; THICKNESS PROPERTIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS;

ALDEHYDES; AUTOMATION; COHERENT LIGHT; FLUIDS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEXTURES; TOMOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; EXUDATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINOSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACULA LUTEA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINOSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77953142151     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2047023     Document Type: Article

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