Detection of the optic nerve head in fundus images of the retina with gabor filters and phase portrait analysis

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 438-453

  Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^a   Zhu, Xiaolu ^a   Ayres, Fábio J ^a   Ells, Anna L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

FROC analysis; Gabor filters; Optic disk; Optic nerve head; Phase portraits; Retinal images; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

FROC ANALYSIS; GABOR FILTER; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE HEAD; PHASE PORTRAIT; RETINAL IMAGE; SEGMENTATION;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); EYE PROTECTION; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MICROPORE FILTER; OPTIC DISK; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINOSCOPY; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROPORE FILTERS; OPTIC DISK; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINOSCOPY; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77958060830     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-009-9261-1     Document Type: Article

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