Locating the fovea center position in digital fundus images using thresholding and feature extraction techniques

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 386-393

  Gegundez Arias, Manuel E ^a   Marin, Diego ^a   Bravo, Jose M ^a   Suero, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Fovea location; Fundus images; Ophthalmic pathologies diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SCREENING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIGITAL FUNDUS IMAGES; FEATURE EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; FUNDUS IMAGE; ILLNESS CONDITIONS; VASCULAR TREES;

AUTOMATION; EYE PROTECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

PIXELS;

TROPICAMIDE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACTION; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESSIDOR DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA IMAGE; SCREENING TEST;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FOVEA LOCATION; FUNDUS IMAGES; OPHTHALMIC PATHOLOGIES DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OPTIC DISK; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 84887996763     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: 18790771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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