General active contour algorithm, which uses the intensity of the image, has been used to actively segment objects. Because the objects have a similar intensity but different colors, it is difficult to segment any obj...General active contour algorithm, which uses the intensity of the image, has been used to actively segment objects. Because the objects have a similar intensity but different colors, it is difficult to segment any object from the others, Moreover, this algodthm can only be used in the simple environment since it is very sensitive to noise. In tinter to solve these problems. This paper proposes an extended active contour algorithm based on a color variance. In complex images, the color variance energy as the image energy is introduced into the general active contour algorithm. Experimental results show that the proposed active contour algorithm is very effective in various environments.展开更多
Early detection of Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NDPR) is currently a highly interested research area in biomedical imaging. Ophthalmologists discover NDPR by observing the configuration of the vessel vascul...Early detection of Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NDPR) is currently a highly interested research area in biomedical imaging. Ophthalmologists discover NDPR by observing the configuration of the vessel vascular network deliberately. Therefore, a computerized automatic system for the segmentation of vessel system will be an assist for ophthalmologists in order to detect an early stage of retinopathy. In this research, region based retinal vascular segmentation approach is suggested. In the steps of processing, the illumination variation of the fundus image is adjusted by using the point operators. Then, the edge features of the vessels are enhanced by applying the Gabor Filter. Finally, the region growing method with automatic seed point selection is used to extract the vessel network from the image background. The experiments of the proposed algorithm are conducted on DRIVE dataset, which is an open access dataset. Results obtain an accuracy of 94.9% over the dataset that has been used.展开更多
基金supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government(MOEHRD),the MKE(The Ministry of knowledge Economy,Korea)the ITRC(Information Technology Research Center)support program(NIPA-2009-(C1090-0902-0007))
文摘General active contour algorithm, which uses the intensity of the image, has been used to actively segment objects. Because the objects have a similar intensity but different colors, it is difficult to segment any object from the others, Moreover, this algodthm can only be used in the simple environment since it is very sensitive to noise. In tinter to solve these problems. This paper proposes an extended active contour algorithm based on a color variance. In complex images, the color variance energy as the image energy is introduced into the general active contour algorithm. Experimental results show that the proposed active contour algorithm is very effective in various environments.
文摘Early detection of Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NDPR) is currently a highly interested research area in biomedical imaging. Ophthalmologists discover NDPR by observing the configuration of the vessel vascular network deliberately. Therefore, a computerized automatic system for the segmentation of vessel system will be an assist for ophthalmologists in order to detect an early stage of retinopathy. In this research, region based retinal vascular segmentation approach is suggested. In the steps of processing, the illumination variation of the fundus image is adjusted by using the point operators. Then, the edge features of the vessels are enhanced by applying the Gabor Filter. Finally, the region growing method with automatic seed point selection is used to extract the vessel network from the image background. The experiments of the proposed algorithm are conducted on DRIVE dataset, which is an open access dataset. Results obtain an accuracy of 94.9% over the dataset that has been used.
