Combining algorithms for automatic detection of optic disc and macula in fundus images

Computer Vision and Image Understanding

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-145

  Qureshi, Rashid Jalal ^a   Kovacs, Laszlo ^a   Harangi, Balazs ^a   Nagy, Brigitta ^a   Peto, Tunde ^b   Hajdu, Andras ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Macula detection; Optic disc detection; Retinal imaging

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FUNDUS IMAGE; HOT SPOT; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; MACULA DETECTION; MULTIPLE ALGORITHMS; OPTIC DISC; RETINAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; EYE PROTECTION; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

DETECTORS;

EID: 81355151396     PISSN: 10773142     EISSN: 1090235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cviu.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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