Full automation of morphological segmentation of retinal images: a comparison with human-based analysis

Mark P. Wilson; Shuyu Yang; Sunanda Mitra; Balaji Raman; Sheila Coyne Nemeth; Peter Soliz

doi:10.1117/12.481388

15 May 2003 Full automation of morphological segmentation of retinal images: a comparison with human-based analysis

Mark P. Wilson, Shuyu Yang, Sunanda Mitra, Balaji Raman, Sheila Coyne Nemeth, Peter Soliz

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Proceedings Volume 5032, Medical Imaging 2003: Image Processing; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.481388
Event: Medical Imaging 2003, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) is the leading cause of irreversible visual loss among the elderly in the US and Europe. A computer-based system has been developed to provide the ability to track the position and margin of the ARMD associated lesion; drusen. Variations in the subject's retinal pigmentation, size and profusion of the lesions, and differences in image illumination and quality present significant challenges to most segmentation algorithms. An algorithm is presented that first classifies the image to optimize the variables of a mathematical morphology algorithm. A binary image is found by applying Otsu's method to the reconstructed image. Lesion size and area distribution statistics are then calculated. For training and validation, the University of Wisconsin provided longitudinal images of 22 subjects from their 10 year Beaver Dam Study. Using the Wisconsin Age-Related Maculopathy Grading System, three graders classified the retinal images according to drusen size and area of involvement. The percentages within the acceptable error between the three graders and the computer are as follows: Grader-A: Area: 84% Size: 81%; Grader-B: Area: 63% Size: 76%; Grader-C: Area: 81% Size: 88%. To validate the segmented position and boundary one grader was asked to digitally outline the drusen boundary. The average accuracy based on sensitivity and specificity was 0.87 for thirty four marked regions.

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Mark P. Wilson, Shuyu Yang, Sunanda Mitra, Balaji Raman, Sheila Coyne Nemeth, and Peter Soliz "Full automation of morphological segmentation of retinal images: a comparison with human-based analysis", Proc. SPIE 5032, Medical Imaging 2003: Image Processing, (15 May 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.481388

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