Automated segmentation of optic disc region on retinal fundus photographs: Comparison of contour modeling and pixel classification methods

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-32

  Muramatsu, Chisako ^a   Nakagawa, Toshiaki ^b   Sawada, Akira ^a   Hatanaka, Yuji ^c   Hara, Takeshi ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Fujita, Hiroshi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOWA COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active contour model; Cup to disc ratio; Glaucoma; Pixel classification; Retinal fundus images

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODEL; CUP-TO-DISC RATIO; FUNDUS IMAGE; GLAUCOMA; PIXEL CLASSIFICATION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIXELS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATION; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; OPTIC DISK;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FUNDUS OCULI; FUZZY LOGIC; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650591674     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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