Accelerating retinal fundus image classification using artificial neural networks (ANNs) and reconfigurable hardware (FPGA)

A Ghani, CH See, V Sudhakaran, J Ahmad… - Electronics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and glaucoma are common eye diseases that affect a blood
vessel in the retina and are two of the leading causes of vision loss around the world …

Retinal vessel segmentation approach based on corrected morphological transformation and fractal dimension

W Wang, W Wang, Z Hu - IET Image Processing, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The morphological structure of retinal vessels plays an important role in analysing and
diagnosing fundus disease. In this study, an unsupervised automatic segmentation method …

A high performance hardware architecture for portable, low-power retinal vessel segmentation

D Koukounis, C Ttofis, A Papadopoulos… - Integration, 2014 - Elsevier
The retina of the human eye and more particularly the retinal blood vasculature can be used
in several medical and biometric applications. The use of retinal images in such applications …

FPGA-based two-dimensional matched filter design for vein imaging systems

W Xiang, D Li, J Sun, J Liu, G Zhou… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Venipuncture is a common medical procedure. The use of augmented reality-based
assistive devices can improve the first puncture success rate in patients with poor vascular …

Software implementation and hardware acceleration of retinal vessel segmentation for diabetic retinopathy screening tests

L Cavinato, I Fidone, M Bacis… - 2017 39th Annual …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Screening tests are an effective tool for the diagnosis and prevention of several diseases.
Unfortunately, in order to produce an early diagnosis, the huge number of collected samples …

Retinal blood vessel segmentation for macula detachment surgery monitoring instruments

M Hajabdollahi, N Karimi… - … journal of circuit …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years image processing has improved detection and diagnosis in medical
application. Image processing applications are now embedded in medical instruments such …

[PDF][PDF] FPGA based compact and efficient full image buffering for neighborhood operations

M Kazmi, A Aziz, P Akhtar, D Kundi - Adv. Electr. Comput. Eng, 2015 - researchgate.net
Neighborhood operations based image pre-processing is frequently used to obtain high
quality output images. These neighborhood operations use two dimensional (2D) structuring …