Retinal artery-vein caliber grading using color fundus imaging

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-114

  Bhuiyan, Alauddin ^a,b,c   Kawasaki, Ryo ^b   Lamoureux, Ecosse ^b,d   Ramamohanarao, Kotagiri ^c   Wong, Tien Yin ^b,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Central Retinal Artery Equivalent (CRAE); Central Retinal Vein Equivalent (CRVE); Retinal image; Vessel caliber

Indexed keywords

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY EQUIVALENT (CRAE); CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN EQUIVALENT (CRVE); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; RETINAL BLOOD VESSELS; RETINAL IMAGE; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; VESSEL CALIBER;

BLOOD VESSELS; EYE PROTECTION; GRADING; PHOTOGRAPHY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY EQUIVALENT; CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN EQUIVALENT; COLOR FUNDUS IMAGING; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLOR; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN;

EID: 84878478900     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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