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30 March 2007 The effect of blood vessels on the computation of the scanning laser ophthalmoscope retinal thickness map
A. Mantri, Y. Li, N. Hutchings, J. Flanagan, T. Holmes
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Abstract
Retinal thickness maps obtained using a scanning laser ophthalmoscope are useful in the diagnosis of macular edema and other diseases that cause changes in the retinal thickness. However, the thickness measurements are adversely affected by the presence of blood vessels. This paper studies the effect that the blood vessels have on the computation of the retinal thickness. The retinal thickness is estimated using maximum-likelihood resolution with anatomical constraints. The blood vessels are segmented using local image features. Comparison of the retinal thickness with and without the blood vessel removal is made using correlation coefficient and I-divergence.
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A. Mantri, Y. Li, N. Hutchings, J. Flanagan, and T. Holmes "The effect of blood vessels on the computation of the scanning laser ophthalmoscope retinal thickness map", Proc. SPIE 6514, Medical Imaging 2007: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 65142X (30 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.710124
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KEYWORDS
Blood vessels

Optical coherence tomography

Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy

Scanning laser ophthalmoscopes

Image segmentation

Reflectivity

Retina

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