Shadow removal and contrast enhancement in optical coherence tomography images of the human optic nerve head

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 7738-7748

  Girard, Michaël J A ^a   Strouthidis, Nicholas G ^b   Ross Ethier, C ^a   Mari, Jean Martial ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD VESSEL; CHOROID; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TIME DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISIBILITY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE REFRACTION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OPTIC DISK; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 80055078830     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6925     Document Type: Article

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