To enhance the accuracy of existing algorithms in the task of retinal vessel image segmentation, this paper proposes the incorporation of two modified convolutional blocks, in lieu of traditional ones, within the framework of the U-Net neural network, aiming to strengthen the extraction of detailed features. Firstly, a convolutional block equipped with local channel attention is devised for feature extraction in the shallow layers of the network. Secondly, a convolutional block incorporating global channel attention is introduced for feature extraction in the deeper layers. Lastly, skip connections are employed to feed the features extracted from the shallow layers into the deeper layers. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed retinal vessel segmentation algorithm achieves a Dice coefficient of 88.21% and a sensitivity of 87.16%, marking improvements of 2.25% and 1.64% respectively over the original U-Net network.
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