Retinal Tracking Using Image Processing | Automated Retinal Vasculature Tracking In Gray-scale & Color Digital Fundus Images

Islam A. Fouad

ISBN 10: 3659562335 / ISBN 13: 9783659562334

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2014

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Retinal Tracking Using Image Processing | Automated Retinal Vasculature Tracking In Gray-scale & Color Digital Fundus Images | Islam A. Fouad | Taschenbuch | 132 S. | Englisch | 2014 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783659562334 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Retinal Tracking Using Image Processing | Automated Retinal Vasculature Tracking In Gray-scale & Color Digital Fundus Images
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659562335
• ISBN 13: 9783659562334
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 8D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 215 grams
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Synopsis

Some of the most common blinding conditions are caused by choroidal neovascularization (CNV). At present, the only proven modality of effective treatment is the application of laser energy to the CNV to cauterize the vessels. The current rate of success of this procedure is less than 50% for eradication of the CNV following one treatment session with a recurrence and/or persistence rate of about 50%. The latter condition requires re-treatment and each re-treatment, in turn, has a 50% failure rate. The visual recovery declines with each successive treatment. Indeed, several studies indicate that incomplete treatment was associated with poorer prognosis than no treatment. Because the eye and hence the retina is a moving object, a motion tracking method is required to update the position of laser shots according to the movements of the retina. A new computer-controlled instrument was developed in an attempt to minimize the above-mentioned failure rate. In this book, we designed many of the feature extraction and detection of motion parameters algorithms that may be required in the process of retinal vasculature tracking.

About the Author

Islam Abdul-Azeem Fouad received his PhD in Systems and Bio-medical Engineering from Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt in 2014. He is an Assistant Professor in Bio-medical Technology Department, SALMAN BIN ABDUL-AZIZ university, KSA. His research interests include Bio- medical Image Processing and Bioinformatics in addition to BCI.