Automated detection of changes in sequential color ocular fundus images

Satoshi Sakuma; Tadashi Nakanishi; Yasuko Takahashi; Yuichi Fujino; Tetsuro Tsubouchi; Norimasa Nakanishi

doi:10.1117/12.310868

24 June 1998 Automated detection of changes in sequential color ocular fundus images

Satoshi Sakuma, Tadashi Nakanishi, Yasuko Takahashi, Yuichi Fujino, Tetsuro Tsubouchi, Norimasa Nakanishi

Proceedings Volume 3338, Medical Imaging 1998: Image Processing; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310868
Event: Medical Imaging '98, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A recent trend is the automatic screening of color ocular fundus images. The examination of such images is used in the early detection of several adult diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Since this type of examination is easier than CT, costs less, and has no harmful side effects, it will become a routine medical examination. Normal ocular fundus images are found in more than 90% of all people. To deal with the increasing number of such images, this paper proposes a new approach to process them automatically and accurately. Our approach, based on individual comparison, identifies changes in sequential images: a previously diagnosed normal reference image is compared to a non- diagnosed image.

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Satoshi Sakuma, Tadashi Nakanishi, Yasuko Takahashi, Yuichi Fujino, Tetsuro Tsubouchi, and Norimasa Nakanishi "Automated detection of changes in sequential color ocular fundus images", Proc. SPIE 3338, Medical Imaging 1998: Image Processing, (24 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310868

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