Fast localization of the optic disc using projection of image features

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3285-3289

  Mahfouz, Ahmed E ^a   Fahmy, Ahmed S ^a  

^a NILE UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Image features; localization; optic disc; projection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION TIME; FAST TECHNIQUES; IMAGE FEATURES; IMAGE SPACE; LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUE; OPTIC DISC; PRE-PROCESSING STEP; PROJECTION; RETINAL STRUCTURE; RETINAL VESSELS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 78649235076     PISSN: 10577149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2010.2052280     Document Type: Article

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