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Automated Identification of Exudates and Optic Disc Based on Inverse Surface Thresholding

Authors: Haniza Yazid, Hamzah Arof, Hazlita Mohd Isa

Published in: Journal of Medical Systems | Issue 3/2012

Abstract

This paper presents a new approach to detect exudates and optic disc from color fundus images based on inverse surface thresholding. The strategy involves the applications of fuzzy c-means clustering, edge detection, otsu thresholding and inverse surface thresholding. The main advantage of the proposed approach is that it does not depend on manually selected parameters that are normally chosen to suit the tested databases. When applied to two sets of databases the proposed method outperforms a method based on watershed segmentation.

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Title: Automated Identification of Exudates and Optic Disc Based on Inverse Surface Thresholding
Authors: Haniza Yazid
Hamzah Arof
Hazlita Mohd Isa
Publication date: 01-06-2012
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Medical Systems / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0148-5598
Electronic ISSN: 1573-689X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-011-9659-4

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