Automated detection of exudates in retinal images using a splitand-merge algorithm

European Signal Processing Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1622-1626

  Jaafar, Hussain F ^a   Nandi, Asoke K ^a   Al Nuaimy, Waleed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical image processing; Exudate detection; Local variation operator; Retinal images; Split andmerge technique

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING; AUTOMATED DETECTION; AUTOMATED METHODS; BIO-MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; COARSE SEGMENTATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHS; GROUND TRUTH; LOCAL VARIATIONS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; RETINAL IMAGE; RETINAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; SPLIT-AND-MERGE; SPLIT-ANDMERGE TECHNIQUE;

DIAGNOSIS; EYE PROTECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAPHY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 84863803706     PISSN: 22195491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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