Spline-based refinement of vessel contours in fundus retinal images for width estimation

Alessandro Cavinato; Lucia Ballerini; Emanuele Trucco; Enrico Grisan

doi:10.1109/ISBI.2013.6556614

Spline-based refinement of vessel contours in fundus retinal images for width estimation

Alessandro Cavinato, Lucia Ballerini, Emanuele Trucco, Enrico Grisan

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel algorithm for refining the vessel contours obtained from retinal binary vessel maps. The refinement improves vessel width estimation. Our approach is based on fitting the two contours of each vessel in the binary map with a cubic spline curve, introducing a parallelism constraint between the two splines. The algorithm, evaluated on the REVIEW database, has a comparable accuracy to that of specialized, sophisticated width estimation algorithms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ISBI 2013 - 2013 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
Subtitle of host publication	From Nano to Macro
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	872-875
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781467364546
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISBI.2013.6556614
Publication status	Published - 15 Jul 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	2013 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2013 - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: 7 Apr 2013 → 11 Apr 2013

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
ISSN (Print)	1945-7928
ISSN (Electronic)	1945-8452

Conference

Conference	2013 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	7/04/13 → 11/04/13

Keywords

Retinal images
spline interpolation
vessel width

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10.1109/ISBI.2013.6556614

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Cavinato, A., Ballerini, L., Trucco, E., & Grisan, E. (2013). Spline-based refinement of vessel contours in fundus retinal images for width estimation. In ISBI 2013 - 2013 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (pp. 872-875). Article 6556614 (Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISBI.2013.6556614

Cavinato, Alessandro ; Ballerini, Lucia ; Trucco, Emanuele et al. / Spline-based refinement of vessel contours in fundus retinal images for width estimation. ISBI 2013 - 2013 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2013. pp. 872-875 (Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging).

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Cavinato, A, Ballerini, L, Trucco, E & Grisan, E 2013, Spline-based refinement of vessel contours in fundus retinal images for width estimation. in ISBI 2013 - 2013 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro., 6556614, Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 872-875, 2013 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2013, San Francisco, CA, United States, 7/04/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISBI.2013.6556614

Spline-based refinement of vessel contours in fundus retinal images for width estimation. / Cavinato, Alessandro; Ballerini, Lucia; Trucco, Emanuele et al.
ISBI 2013 - 2013 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2013. p. 872-875 6556614 (Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Cavinato A, Ballerini L, Trucco E, Grisan E. Spline-based refinement of vessel contours in fundus retinal images for width estimation. In ISBI 2013 - 2013 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2013. p. 872-875. 6556614. (Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging). doi: 10.1109/ISBI.2013.6556614