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dc.contributor.advisorLiu, X-
dc.contributor.advisorLi, Y-
dc.contributor.authorSalazar Gonzalez, Ana-
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-31T12:54:37Z-
dc.date.available2012-05-31T12:54:37Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6456-
dc.descriptionThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.en_US
dc.description.abstractOcular pathology is one of the main health problems worldwide. The number of people with retinopathy symptoms has increased considerably in recent years. Early adequate treatment has demonstrated to be effective to avoid the loss of the vision. The analysis of fundus images is a non intrusive option for periodical retinal screening. Different models designed for the analysis of retinal images are based on supervised methods, which require of hand labelled images and processing time as part of the training stage. On the other hand most of the methods have been designed under the basis of specific characteristics of the retinal images (e.g. field of view, resolution). This compromises its performance to a reduce group of retinal image with similar features. For these reasons an unsupervised model for the analysis of retinal image is required, a model that can work without human supervision or interaction. And that is able to perform on retinal images with different characteristics. In this research, we have worked on the development of this type of model. The system locates the eye structures (e.g. optic disc and blood vessels) as first step. Later, these structures are masked out from the retinal image in order to create a clear field to perform the lesion detection. We have selected the Graph Cut technique as a base to design the retinal structures segmentation methods. This selection allows incorporating prior knowledge to constraint the searching for the optimal segmentation. Different link weight assignments were formulated in order to attend the specific needs of the retinal structures (e.g. shape). This research project has put to work together the fields of image processing and ophthalmology to create a novel system that contribute significantly to the state of the art in medical image analysis. This new knowledge provides a new alternative to address the analysis of medical images and opens a new panorama for researchers exploring this research area.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMexican National Council of Science and Technologyen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBrunel University, School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics-
dc.relation.ispartofSchool of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics-
dc.relation.urihttp://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/6456/1/FulltextThesis.pdf-
dc.subjectImage processingen_US
dc.subjectRetinal analysisen_US
dc.subjectImage segmentationen_US
dc.subjectMedical images analysisen_US
dc.subjectRetinal lesion detectionen_US
dc.titleStructure analysis and lesion detection from retinal fundus imagesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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