Fast and automatic algorithm for optic disc extraction in retinal images using principle-component-analysis-based preprocessing and curvelet transform

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-21

  Shahbeig, Saleh ^a   Pourghassem, Hossein ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMETRICS; BLOOD VESSELS; EYE PROTECTION; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ACCURACY RATE; ADAPTIVE CORRECTIONS; AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS; CURVELET TRANSFORMS; FAULT FACTOR; HUMAN IDENTIFICATION; LOCAL THRESHOLDING; OPTIC DISC; OPTIC NERVE; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; RETINAL DISEASE; RETINAL IMAGE;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OPTIC DISK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871767917     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.30.000013     Document Type: Article

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