Application of different imaging modalities for diagnosis of Diabetic Macular Edema: A review

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 295-315

  Mookiah, Muthu Rama Krishnan ^a   Acharya, U Rajendra ^a,b,c   Fujita, Hamido ^d   Tan, Jen Hong ^a   Chua, Chua Kuang ^a   Bhandary, Sulatha V ^e   Laude, Augustinus ^f   Tong, Louis ^g,h,i,j  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b SIM University   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d IWATE PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP EYE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^g SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^h SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

ⁱ DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^j NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

Biomicroscopy; Computer aided diagnosis; Diabetic macular edema; Fluorescein angiography; Fundus imaging; Optical Coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSIS; GRADING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

AUTOMATED SCREENING; BIOMICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS IMAGING; LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; RETINAL FUNDUS IMAGES;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

AUTOMATION; BIOMICROSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EXUDATE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA IMAGE; REVIEW; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CHEMISTRY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE FUNDUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MACULAR EDEMA; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA; SOFTWARE;

FLUORESCEIN;

AUTOMATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACULAR EDEMA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RETINA; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84943602458     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: 18790534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2015.09.012     Document Type: Review

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