Automated detection of fovea in fundus images based on vessel-free zone and adaptive Gaussian template

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 92-103

  Kao, E Fong ^a   Lin, Pi Chen ^b   Chou, Ming Chung ^a   Jaw, Twei Shiun ^b   Liu, Gin Chung ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fovea centre detection; Fundus image; Gaussian template; Vessel free zone

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; TEMPLATE MATCHING;

AUTOMATED DETECTION; DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS; FOVEA DETECTIONS; FREE REGION; FUNDUS IMAGE; GAUSSIAN TEMPLATES; OVERALL ACCURACIES; TEMPLATE MATCHING METHOD;

IMAGE MATCHING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DATA BASE; EYE FUNDUS; GOLD STANDARD; KERNEL METHOD; OPTIC DISK; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA IMAGE; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84908005250     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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