Blood vessel segmentation algorithms—review of methods, datasets and evaluation metrics

S Moccia, E De Momi, S El Hadji, LS Mattos - Computer methods and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Blood vessel segmentation is a topic of high interest in medical image analysis
since the analysis of vessels is crucial for diagnosis, treatment planning and execution, and …

Blood vessel segmentation methodologies in retinal images–a survey

MM Fraz, P Remagnino, A Hoppe… - Computer methods and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Retinal vessel segmentation algorithms are a fundamental component of automatic retinal
disease screening systems. This work examines the blood vessel segmentation …

Trainable COSFIRE filters for vessel delineation with application to retinal images

G Azzopardi, N Strisciuglio, M Vento, N Petkov - Medical image analysis, 2015 - Elsevier
Retinal imaging provides a non-invasive opportunity for the diagnosis of several medical
pathologies. The automatic segmentation of the vessel tree is an important pre-processing …

A new supervised method for blood vessel segmentation in retinal images by using gray-level and moment invariants-based features

D Marín, A Aquino… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new supervised method for blood vessel detection in digital retinal
images. This method uses a neural network (NN) scheme for pixel classification and …

Retinal vessel extraction by matched filter with first-order derivative of Gaussian

B Zhang, L Zhang, L Zhang, F Karray - Computers in biology and medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
Accurate extraction of retinal blood vessels is an important task in computer aided diagnosis
of retinopathy. The matched filter (MF) is a simple yet effective method for vessel extraction …

Retinal vessel segmentation by improved matched filtering: evaluation on a new high‐resolution fundus image database

J Odstrcilik, R Kolar, A Budai, J Hornegger… - IET Image …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Automatic assessment of retinal vessels plays an important role in the diagnosis of various
eye, as well as systemic diseases. A public screening is highly desirable for prompt and …

Guidance image-based enhanced matched filter with modified thresholding for blood vessel extraction

S Dash, S Verma, Kavita, S Bevinakoppa, M Wozniak… - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fundus images have been established as an important factor in analyzing and recognizing
many cardiovascular and ophthalmological diseases. Consequently, precise segmentation …

An approach to localize the retinal blood vessels using bit planes and centerline detection

MM Fraz, SA Barman, P Remagnino, A Hoppe… - Computer methods and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The change in morphology, diameter, branching pattern or tortuosity of retinal blood vessels
is an important indicator of various clinical disorders of the eye and the body. This paper …

Segmentation of the blood vessels and optic disk in retinal images

A Salazar-Gonzalez, D Kaba, Y Li… - IEEE journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Retinal image analysis is increasingly prominent as a nonintrusive diagnosis method in
modern ophthalmology. In this paper, we present a novel method to segment blood vessels …

Dual-path multi-scale context dense aggregation network for retinal vessel segmentation

W Zhou, W Bai, J Ji, Y Yi, N Zhang, W Cui - Computers in Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
There has been steady progress in the field of deep learning-based blood vessel
segmentation. However, several challenging issues still continue to limit its progress …