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Automatic Detection of Hard Exudates in Color Retinal Images Using Dynamic Threshold and SVM Classification: Algorithm Development and Evaluation
Joint Authors
Long, Shengchun
Huang, Xiaoxiao
Chen, Zhiqing
Pardhan, Shahina
Zheng, Dingchang
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-01-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most common causes of visual impairment.
Automatic detection of hard exudates (HE) from retinal photographs is an important step for detection of DR.
However, most of existing algorithms for HE detection are complex and inefficient.
We have developed and evaluated an automatic retinal image processing algorithm for HE detection using dynamic threshold and fuzzy C-means clustering (FCM) followed by support vector machine (SVM) for classification.
The proposed algorithm consisted of four main stages: (i) imaging preprocessing; (ii) localization of optic disc (OD); (iii) determination of candidate HE using dynamic threshold in combination with global threshold based on FCM; and (iv) extraction of eight texture features from the candidate HE region, which were then fed into an SVM classifier for automatic HE classification.
The proposed algorithm was trained and cross-validated (10 fold) on a publicly available e-ophtha EX database (47 images) on pixel-level, achieving the overall average sensitivity, PPV, and F-score of 76.5%, 82.7%, and 76.7%.
It was tested on another independent DIARETDB1 database (89 images) with the overall average sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 97.5%, 97.8%, and 97.7%, respectively.
In summary, the satisfactory evaluation results on both retinal imaging databases demonstrated the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm for automatic HE detection, by using dynamic threshold and FCM followed by an SVM for classification.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Long, Shengchun& Huang, Xiaoxiao& Chen, Zhiqing& Pardhan, Shahina& Zheng, Dingchang. 2019. Automatic Detection of Hard Exudates in Color Retinal Images Using Dynamic Threshold and SVM Classification: Algorithm Development and Evaluation. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1124977
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Long, Shengchun…[et al.]. Automatic Detection of Hard Exudates in Color Retinal Images Using Dynamic Threshold and SVM Classification: Algorithm Development and Evaluation. BioMed Research International No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1124977
American Medical Association (AMA)
Long, Shengchun& Huang, Xiaoxiao& Chen, Zhiqing& Pardhan, Shahina& Zheng, Dingchang. Automatic Detection of Hard Exudates in Color Retinal Images Using Dynamic Threshold and SVM Classification: Algorithm Development and Evaluation. BioMed Research International. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1124977
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1124977