Progress on retinal image analysis for age related macular degeneration

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-42

  Kanagasingam, Yogesan ^a   Bhuiyan, Alauddin ^a,b   Abràmoff, Michael D ^c   Smith, R Theodore ^d   Goldschmidt, Leonard ^e   Wong, Tien Y ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Automation and disease grading; Expert system; Fundus photograph; Optical coherence tomography; Population screening; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN;

A SCAN; AMSLER CHART; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUSEN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXUDATIVE MACULAR DEGENERATION; EYE FUNDUS; FOLLOW UP; FUNDUS CAMERA; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SCREENING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINAL THICKNESS; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TELEMEDICINE; THERMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AUTOMATION AND DISEASE GRADING; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPH; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POPULATION SCREENING; TELEMEDICINE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINA; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84890692001     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2013.10.002     Document Type: Review

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