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A Comparative Analysis of Retinal Blood Vessels Approaches

by Karthika. D, Marimuthu. A
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 74 - Number 20
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: Karthika. D, Marimuthu. A
10.5120/13030-0283

Karthika. D, Marimuthu. A . A Comparative Analysis of Retinal Blood Vessels Approaches. International Journal of Computer Applications. 74, 20 ( July 2013), 39-44. DOI=10.5120/13030-0283

@article{ 10.5120/13030-0283,
author = { Karthika. D, Marimuthu. A },
title = { A Comparative Analysis of Retinal Blood Vessels Approaches },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { July 2013 },
volume = { 74 },
number = { 20 },
month = { July },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 39-44 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume74/number20/13030-0283/ },
doi = { 10.5120/13030-0283 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Image processing is intended for which the input is an image, like photograph or some other videos the output of may be whichever an image or, a set of characteristics or limitations consistent to the image. Retinal images has numerous qualitative procedures can be used in more applications, such as ocular fundus operations with human recognition. Likewise, it plays important roles in detection of a few diseases in premature stages, such as diabetes, which can be performed by evaluation of the states of retinal blood vessels. Inherent characteristics of retinal images make the blood vessel detection process tricky. This survey presents an analysis of several algorithms proposed by various authors to detect the retinal blood vessels effectively. The existing algorithms are analyzed thoroughly to identify their advantages and limitations. The performance evaluation of the existing algorithms is carried out to determine the best approach. Then, in order to improve the performance of the best approach, a novel approach is been proposed in this paper.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Retina fundus image blood vessels Curvelet Contourlet Diabetic retinopathy