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Automatic Localization of the Optic Disc Center in Retinal Images Based on Angle Detection in Curvature Scale Space

Automatic Localization of the Optic Disc Center in Retinal Images Based on Angle Detection in Curvature Scale Space

A. Elbalaoui, Mohamed Fakir, M. Boutaounte, A. Merbouha
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781522505716|ISBN10: 1522505717|EISBN13: 9781522505723
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0571-6.ch026
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Elbalaoui, A., et al. "Automatic Localization of the Optic Disc Center in Retinal Images Based on Angle Detection in Curvature Scale Space." Medical Imaging: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 679-692. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0571-6.ch026

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Elbalaoui, A., Fakir, M., Boutaounte, M., & Merbouha, A. (2017). Automatic Localization of the Optic Disc Center in Retinal Images Based on Angle Detection in Curvature Scale Space. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Medical Imaging: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 679-692). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0571-6.ch026

Chicago

Elbalaoui, A., et al. "Automatic Localization of the Optic Disc Center in Retinal Images Based on Angle Detection in Curvature Scale Space." In Medical Imaging: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 679-692. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0571-6.ch026

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Abstract

Digital images of the retina is widely used for screening of patients suffering from sight threatening diseases such as Diabetic retinopathy and Glaucoma. The localization of the Optic Disc (OD) center is the first and necessary step identification and segmentation of anatomical structures and in pathological retinal images. From the center of the optic disc spreads the major blood vessels of the retina. Therefore, by considering the high number of vessels and the high number of the angles resulted from the vessels crossing, the authors propose a new method based on the number of angles in the vicinity of optic disc for localization of the center of optic disc. The first step is pre-processing of retinal image for separate the fundus from its background and increase the contrast between contours. In the second step, the authors use the Curvature Scale Space (CSS) for angle detection. In the next step, they move a window about the size of optic disc to count the number of corners. In the final step, they use the center of windows which has the most number of corners for localizing the optic disc center. The proposed method is evaluated on DRIVE, CHASE_DB1 and STARE databases and the success rate is 100, 100 and 96.3%, respectively.

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