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ArticleBMC research notes2009

A system for computerised retinal haemorrhage analysis.

Tariq Aslam, Paul Chua, Matthew Richardson, Praveen Patel, Mohammed Musadiq

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Article in BMC research notes, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Retinal hemorrhage in abusive head trauma: finding a common language.Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society · 2014
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5 authors.

Tariq AslamMoorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK. TAslam@AOL.COM
Paul Chua
Matthew Richardson
Praveen Patel
Mohammed Musadiq

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Abstract

backgroundOur aim was to develop an objective computerised system for measuring different types of retinal haemorrhages in differing digital images, for use as a research tool. Despite developing various fully automated systems of retinal haemorrhage measurement we ultimately found user interaction to be necessary to achieve satisfactory validity of segmentation, and developed an interactive system of haemorrhage assessment based on this.

findingsThe Haemorrhage Assessment System (HAS) presented here is an open access interactive program with graphical user interface allowing the ophthalmically trained user to easily delineate different haemorrhage types, optic disc and fovea. The system then automatically calculates a variety of measures, including mean haemorrhage area, total haemorrhage area, centre of mass, distance of centre of mass from disc and fovea, eccentricity and orientation. This paper presents evidence for the validity of HAS by comparison against established software and known results for geometric images.

conclusionThe system should be of use to experimenters studying the distribution and topography of vitreoretinal haemorrhages who require a means of accurately quantifying an ophthalmologist's gold standard assessment of a digital image.

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PMCPMC2760568

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