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A New Approach for Red Lesion Detection For Diabetic Retinopathy Screening

Author(s):

Sheetal Chougule , Kolhapur Institute of Technology?s College of Engineering; Amar. L. Renke, Kolhapur Institute of Technology?s College of Engineering

Keywords:

Microaneurysms, Hemorrhages, Lesions, Fundus Images

Abstract

The development of an automatic telemedicine system for diabetic retinopathy depends on detection of red lesion in color images. This paper presents a new method for red lesion detection i.e. detection of microaneurysms and hemorrhages. Microaneurysms and hemorrhages occurs at the first stage of Diabetic Retinopathy. Lesions are hardly visible, proposed method improves the ability to distinguish between lesions and non-lesions.

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Paper ID: IJSRDV5I50592
Published in: Volume : 5, Issue : 5
Publication Date: 01/08/2017
Page(s): 397-401

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