Photometric correction of retinal images by polynomial interpolation

J. Liu, S. Lu, J. H. Lim, Z. Zhang, T. N. Meng, D. W.K. Wong, H. Li, T. Y. Wong

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Abstract

This paper presents a photometric restoration technique that automatically corrects shading within retinal images taken with a fundus camera. The proposed technique is based on the observation that the background of retinal images usually shows flat reflectance variations due to its high similarity in color and texture. It estimates shading through an iterative polynomial interpolation procedure that first estimates a shading image through a horizontal interpolation process and then improves the shading estimation by a vertical interpolation process. Once the shading image is estimated, a reflectance image can accordingly be determined based on the luminance of the retina image under study. Experiments on 161 retinal images of different qualities show promising results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2009 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages3893-3896
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781424456543
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Duration: 7 Nov 200910 Nov 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2009
Country/TerritoryEgypt
CityCairo
Period7/11/0910/11/09

Keywords

  • Photometric restoration
  • Polynomial interpolation
  • Retinal images
  • Shading

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing

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