Pattern Recognition
Fuzzy Algorithms: With Applications to Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
Fuzzy Algorithms: With Applications to Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
Digital Image Processing
Pattern Classification (2nd Edition)
Pattern Classification (2nd Edition)
Combining Pattern Classifiers: Methods and Algorithms
Combining Pattern Classifiers: Methods and Algorithms
Computer vision algorithms for retinal vessel detection and width change detection
Computer vision algorithms for retinal vessel detection and width change detection
Change detection based on a support vector data description that treats dependency
Pattern Recognition Letters
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The aim of this work is the development of an unsupervised method for the detection of the changes that occurred in multitemporal digital images of the fundus of the human retina, in terms of white and red spots. The images are acquired from the same patient at different times by a fundus camera. The proposed method is an unsupervised multiple classifier approach, based on a minimum-error thresholding technique. This technique is applied to separate the “change” and the “no-change” areas in a suitably defined difference image. In particular, the thresholding approach is applied to selected sub-images: the outputs of the different windows are combined with a majority vote approach, in order to cope with local illumination differences. A quantitative assessment of the change detection performances suggests that the proposed method is able to provide accurate change maps, although possibly affected by misregistration errors or calibration/acquisition artifacts. The comparison between the results obtained using the implemented multiple classifier approach and a standard one points out that the proposed algorithm provides an accurate detection of the temporal changes.