Retinal artery/vein classification via graph cut optimization

K.A.J. Eppenhof; E.J. Bekkers; T.T.J.M. Berendschot; J.P.W. Pluim; B.M. ter Haar Romenij

Retinal artery/vein classification via graph cut optimization

K.A.J. Eppenhof, E.J. Bekkers, T.T.J.M. Berendschot, J.P.W. Pluim, B.M. ter Haar Romenij

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In many diseases with a cardiovascular component, the geometry of microvascular blood vessels changes. These changes are specific to arteries and veins, and can be studied in the microvasculature of the retina using retinal photography. To facilitate large-scale studies of artery/vein-specific changes in the retinal vasculature, automated classification of the vessels is required. Here we present a novel method for artery/vein classification based on local and contextual feature analysis of retinal vessels. For each vessel, local information in the form of a transverse intensity profile is extracted. Crossings and bifurcations of vessels provide contextual information. The local and contextual features are integrated into a non-submodular energy function, which is optimized exactly using graph cuts. The method was validated on a ground truth data set of 150 retinal fundus images, achieving an accuracy of 88.0% for all vessels and 94.0% for the six arteries and six veins with highest caliber in the image.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis Second International Workshop, OMIA 2015
Editors	X. Chen, M.K. Garvin, J. Liu, E. Trucco, Y. Xu
Pages	121-128
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	2015 Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis Second International Workshop (OMIA 2015) - Munich, Germany Duration: 9 Oct 2015 → 9 Oct 2015 Conference number: 2 http://ir.uiowa.edu/omia/2015_Proceedings/2015/16/

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Conference	2015 Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis Second International Workshop (OMIA 2015)
Abbreviated title	OMIA 2015
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	9/10/15 → 9/10/15
Internet address	http://ir.uiowa.edu/omia/2015_Proceedings/2015/16/

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Eppenhof, K. A. J., Bekkers, E. J., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Pluim, J. P. W., & ter Haar Romenij, B. M. (2015). Retinal artery/vein classification via graph cut optimization. In X. Chen, M. K. Garvin, J. Liu, E. Trucco, & Y. Xu (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis Second International Workshop, OMIA 2015 (pp. 121-128) http://ir.uiowa.edu/omia/2015_Proceedings/2015/16

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Eppenhof, KAJ, Bekkers, EJ , Berendschot, TTJM , Pluim, JPW & ter Haar Romenij, BM 2015, Retinal artery/vein classification via graph cut optimization. in X Chen, MK Garvin, J Liu, E Trucco & Y Xu (eds), Proceedings of the Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis Second International Workshop, OMIA 2015. pp. 121-128, 2015 Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis Second International Workshop (OMIA 2015), Munich, Germany, 9/10/15. <http://ir.uiowa.edu/omia/2015_Proceedings/2015/16>

Retinal artery/vein classification via graph cut optimization. / Eppenhof, K.A.J.; Bekkers, E.J.; Berendschot, T.T.J.M.; Pluim, J.P.W.; ter Haar Romenij, B.M.

Proceedings of the Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis Second International Workshop, OMIA 2015. ed. / X. Chen; M.K. Garvin; J. Liu; E. Trucco; Y. Xu. 2015. p. 121-128.

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