Radon transform technique for linear structures detection: Application to vessel detection in fluorescein angiography fundus images

M. Tavakoli; A. R. Mehdizadeh; R. Pourreza; H. R. Pourreza; T. Banaee; M. H. Bahreini Toosi

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152552

Radon transform technique for linear structures detection: Application to vessel detection in fluorescein angiography fundus images

M. Tavakoli, A. R. Mehdizadeh, R. Pourreza, H. R. Pourreza, T. Banaee, M. H. Bahreini Toosi

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Abstract

In medical images linear patterns such as blood vessels are important structures for computer-aided diagnosis and follow-up of many diseases. Moreover, image processing techniques are required to extract suitable information about vascular tree and its alteration. Analyzing of retinal blood vessel is critical work for the investigation of some diseases. In this study, we present an automated method for detecting retinal vasculatures based upon Radon transform. In preprocessing, we used top-hat transformation and averaging filter. Our main processing was included applying Radon transform, vessel certifying, and vessel refinement. Comparing the results of our method with gold standard showed that our results have more than 93% for true positive rate. In conclusion, it is possible to use Radon transform for vessel segmentation in fluorescein angiography fundus images, with acceptable sensitivity and specificity, as a necessary step in some diagnostic algorithm for retinal pathology.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2011
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	3051-3056
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781467301183
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152552
State	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2011 - Valencia, Spain Duration: Oct 23 2011 → Oct 29 2011

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Name	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
ISSN (Print)	1095-7863

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Conference	2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2011
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Valencia
Period	10/23/11 → 10/29/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiation
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Tavakoli, M., Mehdizadeh, A. R., Pourreza, R., Pourreza, H. R., Banaee, T., & Bahreini Toosi, M. H. (2011). Radon transform technique for linear structures detection: Application to vessel detection in fluorescein angiography fundus images. In 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2011 (pp. 3051-3056). Article 6152552 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152552

Radon transform technique for linear structures detection: Application to vessel detection in fluorescein angiography fundus images. / Tavakoli, M.; Mehdizadeh, A. R.; Pourreza, R. et al.
2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2011. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2011. p. 3051-3056 6152552 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record).

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Tavakoli, M, Mehdizadeh, AR, Pourreza, R, Pourreza, HR, Banaee, T & Bahreini Toosi, MH 2011, Radon transform technique for linear structures detection: Application to vessel detection in fluorescein angiography fundus images. in 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2011., 6152552, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 3051-3056, 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2011, Valencia, Spain, 10/23/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152552

Tavakoli M, Mehdizadeh AR, Pourreza R, Pourreza HR, Banaee T, Bahreini Toosi MH. Radon transform technique for linear structures detection: Application to vessel detection in fluorescein angiography fundus images. In 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2011. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2011. p. 3051-3056. 6152552. (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record). doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152552

Tavakoli, M. ; Mehdizadeh, A. R. ; Pourreza, R. et al. / Radon transform technique for linear structures detection : Application to vessel detection in fluorescein angiography fundus images. 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2011. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2011. pp. 3051-3056 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record).

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