Retinal image graph-cut segmentation algorithm using multiscale Hessian-enhancement-based nonlocal mean filter (Q382701)
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Retinal image graph-cut segmentation algorithm using multiscale Hessian-enhancement-based nonlocal mean filter (English)
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21 November 2013
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Summary: We propose a new method to enhance and extract the retinal vessels. First, we employ a multiscale Hessian-based filter to compute the maximum response of vessel likeness function for each pixel. By this step, blood vessels of different widths are significantly enhanced. Then, we adopt a nonlocal mean filter to suppress the noise of enhanced image and maintain the vessel information at the same time. After that, a radial gradient symmetry transformation is adopted to suppress the nonvessel structures. Finally, an accurate graph-cut segmentation step is performed using the result of previous symmetry transformation as an initial. We test the proposed approach on the publicly available databases: DRIVE. The experimental results show that our method is quite effective.
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