A robust edge enhancement approach for low vision patients using scene simplification

2008 Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, CIBEC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Atabany, W ^a   Degenaar, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropic diffusion filter; Augmented vision; Edge enhancement; Low vision

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION FILTER; AUGMENTED VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITIES; EDGE ENHANCEMENT; FIELD OF VIEWS; LOW VISION; MACULAR DEGENERATIONS; ORIGINAL IMAGES; PILOT STUDIES; SCENE SIMPLIFICATIONS; VISUAL ACUITIES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS; VISUAL SCENES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

OPTICAL ANISOTROPY;

EID: 78650422953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIBEC.2008.4786060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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