Digital Image Processing for Ophthalmology

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- List of Symbols and Abbreviations.- Introduction.- Computer-aided Analysis of Images of the Retina.- Methods for the Detection of Oriented and Geometrical Patterns.- Databases of Retinal Images and the Experimental Setup.- Detection of Retinal Vasculature.- Modeling of the Major Temporal Arcade.- Potential Clinical Applications.- References.- Authors' Biographies .

Faraz Oloumi received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2009 and 2011, respectively, from the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Calgary, conducting his research on image processing tech niques to extract diagnostic information in fundus images of the retina. His current interests are biomedical image processing, computer-aided diagnosis, artificial intelligence, pattern analysis, and graphical user-interface design Rangaraj M. Rangayyan is a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer En gineering, and an Adjunct Professor of Surgery and Radiology, at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication in 1976 from the University of Mysore at the People's Education Society Col lege of Engineering, Mandya, Karnataka, India, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute ofScience, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, in 1980. His research interests are in the areas of digital signal and image processing, biomedical signal analysis, biomedical im age analysis, and computer-aided diagnosis. He has published more than 150 papers in journals and 250 papers in proceedings of conferences. His research productivity was recognized with the 1997 and 2001 Research Excellence Awards of the Department of Electrical and Computer En gineering, the 1997 Research Award of the Faculty of Engineering, and by appointment as "Uni versity Professor" (2003-2013), at the University of Calgary. He is the author of two textbooks: Biomedical Signal Analysis (IEEE/Wiley, 2002) and Biomedical Image Analysis (CRC, 2005). He has coauthored and coedited several other books, including Color Image Processing with Biomedical Applications (SPIE, 2011). He was recognized by IEEE Canada with the award of the Outstand ing Engineer medal in 2013 and the IEEE with the award of the ird Millennium