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General retinal vessel segmentation using regularization-based multiconcavity modeling.

Benson S Y Lam1, Yongsheng Gao, Alan Wee-Chung Liew

  • 1Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia. b.lam@griffith.edu.au

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
|March 23, 2010
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This study introduces a new multiconcavity modeling approach for detecting blood vessels in retinal images, even with lesions. The method accurately identifies vessels in both healthy and unhealthy retinas, outperforming human observers.

Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Medical Imaging
  • Computer Vision

Background:

  • Detecting retinal blood vessels is crucial for diagnosing eye diseases.
  • Existing methods struggle with bright and dark lesions and uneven noise in retinal images.
  • Simultaneous detection in healthy and pathological retinas remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel multiconcavity modeling approach for robust retinal vessel detection.
  • To address the challenges posed by bright lesions, dark lesions, and image noise.
  • To achieve high accuracy in detecting vessels across healthy, unhealthy, and mixed retinal images.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a differentiable concavity measure for bright lesions.
  • Introduced a line-shape concavity measure to differentiate vessels from dark lesions.

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Retinal Vascular Reactivity as Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography
07:23

Retinal Vascular Reactivity as Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography

Published on: March 26, 2020

  • Designed a locally normalized concavity measure to handle image noise.
  • Combined these measures based on statistical distributions for vessel detection.

    • Main Results:

    • The proposed multiconcavity modeling approach demonstrated superior performance compared to state-of-the-art methods.
    • Achieved accuracy exceeding human observer performance on abnormal retinas.
    • Showcased consistent and attractive performance on healthy, pathological, and mixed retinal images.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel multiconcavity modeling approach offers a robust solution for retinal vessel detection.
    • This method effectively handles various challenges including lesions and noise.
    • It represents a significant advancement, outperforming existing techniques and human experts in specific scenarios.