Glaucoma is a chronic progressive optic neuropathy that causes visual impairment or
blindness if left untreated. It is crucial to diagnose it at an early stage in order to enable …

Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) microscopy of a skin biopsy is used by physicians and
pathologists to diagnose autoimmune bullous dermatoses (AIBD). This technique is the …

The shape and meaning of an object can radically change with the addition of one or more
contour parts. For instance, a T-junction can become a crossover. We extend the COSFIRE …

This thesis proposes and evaluates object description and retrieval techniques in different
real applications. First, we addressed the classification of boar spermatozoa according to …

Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) images are used by clinical experts for the diagnosis of
autoimmune blistering diseases. The analysis of serration patterns in DIF images concerns …

In this thesis, I focused on the research stream of computer-aided diagnosis technologies in
medicine, and together with my collaborators I proposed several approaches for certain …

Inhibition is a phenomenon that occurs in different areas of the brain, including the visual
cortex. For instance, the responses of some shape-selective neurons in the inferotemporal …

This thesis evaluates and proposes object description and retrieval techniques in different
real applications. It addresses the classification of boar spermatozoa according to the …

Retinal vessel segmentation is an important step in early diagnosis of ocular diseases,
which requires large spatial information and receiving field. There are some problems in …

University of Groningen Bio-inspired algorithms for pattern recognition in audio and image
processing Strisciuglio, Nicola Page 1 University of Groningen Bio-inspired algorithms for …