Automated drusen detection in retinal images using analytical modelling algorithms

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mora, André D ^a,b   Vieira, Pedro M ^b   Manivannan, Ayyakkannu ^c   Fonseca, José M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ANALYTICAL MODELLING; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMMON FEATURES; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; DRUSEN DETECTION; FOLLOW UP; GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; GLOBAL THRESHOLD; GRADIENT BASED; GROUND TRUTH; IMAGE PREPROCESSING; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; KAPPA COEFFICIENT; OVER SEGMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITIES; RETINAL IMAGE; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SMOOTHING SPLINE; THRESHOLD METHODS;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PIXELS; PROCESSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUSEN; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL DRUSEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960192996     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-10-59     Document Type: Article

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