Title :
Image segmentation of retinal vessels by fuzzy models
Author :
Pham, Tuan D. ; Tran, Dat T. ; Brown, Marianne ; Kennedy, R. Lee
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol., James Cook Univ., Townsville, Qld., Australia
Abstract :
Image segmentation of retinal vessels is an important and very challenging task in any automated system for the diagnosis of vascular conditions associated with diabetic retinopathy, which are the most common complications of diabetes. In this paper we propose several fuzzy computational models for detecting retinal vessels in images, which are subjected to inconsistent contrast and vague boundaries.
Keywords :
eye; fuzzy set theory; image segmentation; medical image processing; object detection; diabetic retinopathy; fuzzy models; image segmentation; retinal vessels detection; vascular conditions; Australia; Diabetes; Diseases; Fuzzy sets; Image segmentation; Information technology; Medical treatment; Retina; Retinal vessels; Retinopathy;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems, 2005. ISPACS 2005. Proceedings of 2005 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9266-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISPACS.2005.1595466