Khursheed Aurangzeb^*, Syed Irtaza Haider, Musaed Alhussein

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.80, No.1, pp. 1381-1405, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.048987 - 18 July 2024

Abstract In this work, we aim to introduce some modifications to the Anam-Net deep neural network (DNN) model for segmenting optic cup (OC) and optic disc (OD) in retinal fundus images to estimate the cup-to-disc ratio (CDR). The CDR is a reliable measure for the early diagnosis of Glaucoma. In this study, we developed a lightweight DNN model for OC and OD segmentation in retinal fundus images. Our DNN model is based on modifications to Anam-Net, incorporating an anamorphic depth embedding block. To reduce computational complexity, we employ a fixed filter size for all convolution layers… More >

Hela Elmannai^1,*, Monia Hamdi¹, Souham Meshoul¹, Amel Ali Alhussan², Manel Ayadi³, Amel Ksibi³

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.140, No.2, pp. 1429-1457, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.048557 - 20 May 2024

Abstract Glaucoma disease causes irreversible damage to the optical nerve and it has the potential to cause permanent loss of vision. Glaucoma ranks as the second most prevalent cause of permanent blindness. Traditional glaucoma diagnosis requires a highly experienced specialist, costly equipment, and a lengthy wait time. For automatic glaucoma detection, state-of-the-art glaucoma detection methods include a segmentation-based method to calculate the cup-to-disc ratio. Other methods include multi-label segmentation networks and learning-based methods and rely on hand-crafted features. Localizing the optic disc (OD) is one of the key features in retinal images for detecting retinal diseases,… More >

Kittipol Wisaeng^*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 2569-2586, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.033226 - 21 December 2022

Abstract In recent days, detecting Optic Disc (OD) in retinal images has been challenging and very important to the early diagnosis of eye diseases. The process of detecting the OD is challenging due to the diversity of color, intensity, brightness and shape of the OD. Moreover, the color similarities of the neighboring organs of the OD create difficulties during OD detection. In the proposed Fuzzy K‒Means Threshold (FKMT) and Morphological Operation with Pixel Density Feature (MOPDF), the input retinal images are coarsely segmented by fuzzy K‒means clustering and thresholding, in which the OD is classified from… More >

Muhammad Shujaat¹, Numan Aslam¹, Iram Noreen¹, Muhammad Khurram Ehsan^1,*, Muhammad Aasim Qureshi¹, Aasim Ali¹, Neelma Naz², Imtisal Qadeer³

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.30, No.2, pp. 663-672, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.019194 - 11 August 2021

Abstract Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a disease of the retina caused by diabetes. The existence of exudates in the retina is the primary visible sign of DR. Early exudate detection can prevent patients from the severe conditions of DR An intelligent framework is proposed that serves two purposes. First, it highlights the features of exudate from fundus images using an image processing approach. Afterwards, the enhanced features are used as input to train Alexnet for the detection of exudates. The proposed framework is comprised on three stages that include pre-processing, image segmentation, and classification. During the… More >

H. Asha Gnana Priya¹, J. Anitha¹, Daniela Elena Popescu², Anju Asokan¹, D. Jude Hemanth¹, Le Hoang Son^3,4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.3, pp. 2771-2786, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.012907 - 28 December 2020

Abstract Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is an eye disease that mainly affects people with diabetes. People affected by DR start losing their vision from an early stage even though the symptoms are identified only at the later stage. Once the vision is lost, it cannot be regained but can be prevented from causing any further damage. Early diagnosis of DR is required for preventing vision loss, for which a trained ophthalmologist is required. The clinical practice is time-consuming and is not much successful in identifying DR at early stages. Hence, Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) system is a suitable More >