Automatic retinal vessel profiling using multi-step regression method

Caliber of the retinal blood vessel is widely used for risk assessment of cardiovascular diseases. Accurate and automatic caliber measurement requires a precise model to be made for the vessel profile. In this paper, we present a new approach for retinal vessel profiling in which the background nois...

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Main Authors: Aliahmad, Behzad, Kumar, Dinesh K., Janghorban, Samira, Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2011
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/19469/1/1Automatic_retinal_vessel_profiling_using_multi-step_regression_method.pdf
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author Aliahmad, Behzad
Kumar, Dinesh K.
Janghorban, Samira
Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal
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Kumar, Dinesh K.
Janghorban, Samira
Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal
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description Caliber of the retinal blood vessel is widely used for risk assessment of cardiovascular diseases. Accurate and automatic caliber measurement requires a precise model to be made for the vessel profile. In this paper, we present a new approach for retinal vessel profiling in which the background noise, uneven illuminations and specular reflections have all been considered. In this method, regression analysis is performed with a series of second-order Gaussians to filter and up-sample the original vessel profile. This is then segmented to identify and represent the vessel edges by two Generalized Gaussian functions. The technique has been applied to retinal images and the results have been verified and compared with the state of the art automatic techniques.
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spelling iium-194692022-11-09T07:47:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/19469/ Automatic retinal vessel profiling using multi-step regression method Aliahmad, Behzad Kumar, Dinesh K. Janghorban, Samira Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal RC Internal medicine Caliber of the retinal blood vessel is widely used for risk assessment of cardiovascular diseases. Accurate and automatic caliber measurement requires a precise model to be made for the vessel profile. In this paper, we present a new approach for retinal vessel profiling in which the background noise, uneven illuminations and specular reflections have all been considered. In this method, regression analysis is performed with a series of second-order Gaussians to filter and up-sample the original vessel profile. This is then segmented to identify and represent the vessel edges by two Generalized Gaussian functions. The technique has been applied to retinal images and the results have been verified and compared with the state of the art automatic techniques. 2011 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/19469/1/1Automatic_retinal_vessel_profiling_using_multi-step_regression_method.pdf Aliahmad, Behzad and Kumar, Dinesh K. and Janghorban, Samira and Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal (2011) Automatic retinal vessel profiling using multi-step regression method. In: 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, 30 Aug-3 Sept. 2011, Boston, Massachusetts. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6090719&tag=1
spellingShingle RC Internal medicine
Aliahmad, Behzad
Kumar, Dinesh K.
Janghorban, Samira
Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal
Automatic retinal vessel profiling using multi-step regression method
title Automatic retinal vessel profiling using multi-step regression method
title_full Automatic retinal vessel profiling using multi-step regression method
title_fullStr Automatic retinal vessel profiling using multi-step regression method
title_full_unstemmed Automatic retinal vessel profiling using multi-step regression method
title_short Automatic retinal vessel profiling using multi-step regression method
title_sort automatic retinal vessel profiling using multi-step regression method
topic RC Internal medicine
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/19469/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/19469/1/1Automatic_retinal_vessel_profiling_using_multi-step_regression_method.pdf