Detecting and reconstructing vascular trees in retinal images

Piotr Jasiobedzki; Christopher K. I. Williams; Feng Lu

doi:10.1117/12.175121

11 May 1994 Detecting and reconstructing vascular trees in retinal images

Piotr Jasiobedzki, Christopher K. I. Williams, Feng Lu

Proceedings Volume 2167, Medical Imaging 1994: Image Processing; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175121
Event: Medical Imaging 1994, 1994, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Reconstruction of the vascular tree in retinal (ocular fundus) images is important, because it yields information such as the shape and size of individual vessels, their branching pattern and arterio-venous crossings, thereby providing information on the condition of the retina. The vascular tree is also helpful in the registration of retinal images. In this paper we describe an automated technique for detecting and reconstructing vascular trees, based on a robust detection of vessel candidates (ribbonlike features), their labelling using a neural network (NN), and a final reconstruction of the vessel tree using these labels. The NN uses vessel models automatically built during a training phase and does not rely on any explicit user specified models or sets of features.

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Piotr Jasiobedzki, Christopher K. I. Williams, and Feng Lu "Detecting and reconstructing vascular trees in retinal images", Proc. SPIE 2167, Medical Imaging 1994: Image Processing, (11 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175121

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