Automatic fovea location in retinal images using anatomical priors and vessel density

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1152-1158

  Chin, Khai Sing ^a   Trucco, Emanuele ^a   Tan, Lailing ^b   Wilson, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic fovea detection; Computer assisted image analysis; Computer assisted image interpretation; Fovea; Retina

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-ASSISTED IMAGE ANALYSIS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED IMAGE INTERPRETATION; FOVEA; FOVEA DETECTIONS; RETINA;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

SCREENING;

EID: 84876580532     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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