Optic cup and disk extraction from retinal fundus images for determination of cup-to-disc ratio

J. Liu, D. W.K. Wong, J. H. Lim, X. Jia, F. Yin, H. Li, W. Xiong, T. Y. Wong

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Abstract

The ratio of the optic cup to disc (CDR) in retinal fundus images is one of the principal physiological characteristics in the diagnosis of glaucoma. Currently the CDR is manually determined which can be subjective and limits its use in mass screening. To automatically extract the disc, a variational level set method is proposed in this paper. For the cup, two methods making use of color intensity and threshold level set are evaluated. A batch of 73 retinal images from the Singapore Eye Research Centre was used to assess the performance of the determined CDR to the clinical CDR, and it was found that the threshold and variational level set methods produced 97% accuracy in the determined CDR results, an 18% improvement over the color intensity method. The results indicate potential applicability of the methods for automated and objective mass screening for early detection of glaucoma.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2008 3rd IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2008
Pages1828-1832
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event2008 3rd IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2008 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 3 Jun 20085 Jun 2008

Publication series

Name2008 3rd IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2008

Conference

Conference2008 3rd IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2008
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period3/06/085/06/08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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