Title :
A graphical user interface for measurement of the openness of the retinal temporal arcade
Author :
Oloumi, Faraz ; Rangayyan, Rangaraj M. ; Ells, Anna L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Abstract :
Monitoring measurements of the openness of the major temporal arcade (MTA) and how they change over time could facilitate improved diagnosis and optimized treatment of retinopathy. We present the design of a graphical user interface (GUI) for user-guided modeling and measurement of the openness of the MTA based on a form of the generalized Hough transform for the detection of parabolas. The GUI is being designed in consultation with an expert ophthalmologist and adheres to the main principles of GUI design. The results of the dual-parabolic modeling procedure obtained with 40 images of the DRIVE database, as compared with hand-drawn traces of the MTA, indicate a low mean distance to the closest point of less than 10 pixels (0.2 mm). The proposed methods should facilitate quantitative analysis of the architecture of the MTA and overcome limitations associated with manual analysis.
Keywords :
Hough transforms; biomedical measurement; chemical analysis; eye; graphical user interfaces; medical image processing; patient monitoring; patient treatment; vision; DRIVE database; GUI design; dual-parabolic modeling procedure; generalized Hough transform; graphical user interface; hand-drawn traces; improved diagnosis; low mean distance; monitoring measurements; openness measurement; optimized treatment; parabola detection; quantitative analysis; retinal temporal arcade; retinopathy; user-guided modeling; Biomedical imaging; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Databases; Graphical user interfaces; Retina; Retinopathy;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Measurements and Applications Proceedings (MeMeA), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0880-9
DOI :
10.1109/MeMeA.2012.6226646
