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Image processing in retinal angiography: Extracting angiographical features without the requirement of contrast agents
Mengko T.R.a, Handayani A.a, Valindria V.V.a, Hadi S.a, Sovani I.a
a Biomedical Engineering Research Division, Bandung Institute of Technology, School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Imaging of retinal blood vessels performed by fundus fluorescence angiography (FFA) requires the use of injected fluorescence agent to enhance blood contrast during image acquisition. This procedure leads to several risks to the patient, including nausea and loss of consciousness. Another available approach which applies no contrast agent is the fundus autofluorescence imaging (FAF). However, the natural characteristics of images produced from the FAF procedure is blurred, and the contrast of the image is narrowly-spanned such that important retinal features are sometimes indiscernable. This paper proposes alternative methods to obtain the angiographical information from standard colour-fundus images and FAF images, instead of the conventional FFA images, thus minimizing the risk to the patient by eliminating the need for fluorescence contrast agent.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Alternative methods,Autofluorescence imaging,Contrast agent,Fluorescence agents,Loss of consciousness,Retinal angiographies,Retinal blood vessels[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]