Panorama Fundus Image Composition with Retinal Blood Vessel Joint Processing

Katsuyoshi Tanabe; Toshio Uchiyama; Shun Ichi Yonemura; Tetsuro Tsubouchi; Masahiro Oku; Akira Suzuki; Norimasa Nakanishi

doi:10.11371/iieej.39.376

Panorama Fundus Image Composition with Retinal Blood Vessel Joint Processing

Katsuyoshi Tanabe, Toshio Uchiyama, Shun Ichi Yonemura, Tetsuro Tsubouchi, Masahiro Oku, Akira Suzuki, Norimasa Nakanishi

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Abstract

Wide-angle retinal images are synthesized from multiple fundus photographs (45 degree view) to provide a general view of the fundus. Fundus photographs contain distortion because they represent the projection of a three dimensional curved surfaces on to a two dimensional plane. A technique of making seamless blood vessel joints from several incongruous blood vessels in joint parts is proposed. The evaluation test on our technique and the overlay synthesis technique was executed to 1177 blood vessels. Our technique succeeded in the connection of 307 blood vessels (26%) which were not connected in the overlay synthesis. This method is therefore very promising for the automatic assembly of retinal blood vessel joint processing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	376-385
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of the Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan
Volume	39
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11371/iieej.39.376
Publication status	Published - 2010 Jan
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Blood vessel joint
Fundus photograph
Panorama
Retinal image

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Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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