Retinal artery and venular caliber grading: A semi-automated evaluation tool

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Bhuiyan, Alauddin ^a,b   Karmakar, Chandan ^b   Kawasaki, Ryo ^b   Lamoureux, Ecosse ^b   Ramamohanarao, Kotagiri ^b   Kanagasingam, Yogesan ^a   Wong, Tien Y ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affine transformation; Artery and venular caliber; Gradient image; Retinal image; Vessel central reflex

Indexed keywords

AFFINE TRANSFORMATIONS; ARTERY AND VENULAR CALIBER; GRADIENT IMAGES; RETINAL IMAGE; VESSEL CENTRAL REFLEX;

GRADING; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; TOOLS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA IMAGE; VEIN DIAMETER;

AFFINE TRANSFORMATION; ARTERY AND VENULAR CALIBER; GRADIENT IMAGE; RETINAL IMAGE; VESSEL CENTRAL REFLEX;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETINAL ARTERY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84887664517     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: 18790534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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