Learning-based algorithms for vessel tracking: A review

D Jia, X Zhuang - Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 2021 - Elsevier
Developing efficient vessel-tracking algorithms is crucial for imaging-based diagnosis and
treatment of vascular diseases. Vessel tracking aims to solve recognition problems such as …

Segmentation of blood vessels using rule-based and machine-learning-based methods: a review

F Zhao, Y Chen, Y Hou, X He - Multimedia Systems, 2019 - Springer
Vessel segmentation as a component of medical image processing is the prerequisite for
accurate diagnosis of vascular-related diseases. Manual delineation of blood vessels has …

VSSC Net: vessel specific skip chain convolutional network for blood vessel segmentation

PM Samuel, T Veeramalai - Computer methods and programs in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and objective Deep learning techniques are instrumental in developing network
models that aid in the early diagnosis of life-threatening diseases. To screen and diagnose …

Retinal blood vessel segmentation employing image processing and data mining techniques for computerized retinal image analysis

R GeethaRamani, L Balasubramanian - Biocybernetics and Biomedical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Most of the retinal diseases namely retinopathy, occlusion etc., can be identified through
changes exhibited in retinal vasculature of fundus images. Thus, segmentation of retinal …

A comprehensive survey on segmentation techniques for retinal vessel segmentation

J Cervantes, J Cervantes, F García-Lamont… - Neurocomputing, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, enormous research has been carried out on the segmentation of blood
vessels. Segmentation of blood vessels in retinal images is crucial for diagnosing, treating …

Features fusion based novel approach for efficient blood vessel segmentation from fundus images

LK Singh, M Khanna, D Mansukhani, S Thawkar… - Multimedia Tools and …, 2024 - Springer
Insufficient blood flow within the retinal vessels is believed to be the root cause of several
optical problems, including partial vision loss and blindness. The appearance and growth of …

Multilevel and multiscale deep neural network for retinal blood vessel segmentation

PM Samuel, T Veeramalai - Symmetry, 2019 - mdpi.com
Retinal blood vessel segmentation influences a lot of blood vessel-related disorders such as
diabetic retinopathy, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders, etc. It is …

Automated techniques for blood vessels segmentation through fundus retinal images: A review

S Akbar, M Sharif, MU Akram, T Saba… - Microscopy research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Retina is the interior part of human's eye, has a vital role in vision. The digital image
captured by fundus camera is very useful to analyze the abnormalities in retina especially in …

Blood vessel extraction in color retinal fundus images with enhancement filtering and unsupervised classification

Z Yavuz, C Köse - Journal of healthcare engineering, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Retinal blood vessels have a significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of various retinal
diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, arteriosclerosis, and hypertension. For this …

Accurate vessel segmentation using maximum entropy incorporating line detection and phase-preserving denoising

D Pandey, X Yin, H Wang, Y Zhang - Computer Vision and Image …, 2017 - Elsevier
The retinal images with lesions, exudates, non-uniformed illuminations and pathological
artifacts have intrinsic problems such as the absence of thin vessels and false vessels …