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Computer-aided Diagnosis of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy via Modeling of the Major Temporal Arcade in Retinal Fundus Images

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Monitoring the openness of the major temporal arcade (MTA) and how it changes over time could facilitate diagnosis and treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). We present methods for user-guided semiautomated modeling and measurement of the openness of the MTA based on Gabor filters for the detection of retinal vessels, morphological image processing, and a form of the generalized Hough transform for the detection of parabolas. The methods, implemented via a graphical user interface, were tested with retinal fundus images of 11 normal individuals and 11 patients with PDR in the present pilot study on potential clinical application. A method of arcade angle measurement was used for comparative analysis. The results using the openness parameters of single- and dual-parabolic models as well as the arcade angle measurements indicate areas under the receiver operating characteristics of A z = 0.87, 0.82, and 0.80, respectively. The proposed methods are expected to facilitate quantitative analysis of the architecture of the MTA, as well as assist in detection and diagnosis of PDR.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2N 1N4

    Faraz Oloumi & Rangaraj M. Rangayyan

  2. Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, T3B 6A8

    Anna L. Ells

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This work was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. We thank Dr. A. Hoover for help with the STARE images.

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Oloumi, F., Rangayyan, R.M. & Ells, A.L. Computer-aided Diagnosis of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy via Modeling of the Major Temporal Arcade in Retinal Fundus Images. J Digit Imaging 26, 1124–1130 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-013-9592-9

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