Robust methodology for fractal analysis of the retinal vasculature

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-250

  Azemin, M Z Che ^a,b   Kumar, D K ^a   Wong, T Y ^c,d   Kawasaki, R ^c   Mitchell, P ^e   Wang, J J ^c,e  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue mountains eye study; eye fundus; Fourier fractal dimension (FFD); Gabor wavelet

Indexed keywords

BLUE MOUNTAIN; BOX-COUNTING METHOD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIGITAL RETINA; EYE FUNDUS; FOURIER; FOURIER FRACTAL DIMENSION (FFD); FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GABOR WAVELET TRANSFORMS; GABOR WAVELETS; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; OPTIC DISKS; ORGAN SYSTEMS; PEARSON CORRELATION; REGION OF INTEREST; RETINAL IMAGE; RETINAL VASCULATURE; ROBUST METHODS; SINGLE-STEP; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CORRELATION METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDFORMS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551599728     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2076322     Document Type: Article

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