An integrated diabetic retinopathy index for the diagnosis of retinopathy using digital fundus image features

Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 306-313

  Krishnan, M Muthu Rama ^a   Laude, Augustinus ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computer Aided Diagnosis; Diabetic Retinopathy; Fundus Imaging; Index; Local Binary Pattern

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY INDEX; DIGITAL IMAGING; ENTROPY; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; RETINA IMAGE;

EID: 84881233567     PISSN: 21567018     EISSN: 21567026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jmihi.2013.1165     Document Type: Article

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