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Detection of Cotton Wool Spots from Retinal Images using Fuzzy C Means

by Amrita Roy Chowdhury, Sreeparna Banerjee
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 113 - Number 11
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors: Amrita Roy Chowdhury, Sreeparna Banerjee
10.5120/19870-1857

Amrita Roy Chowdhury, Sreeparna Banerjee . Detection of Cotton Wool Spots from Retinal Images using Fuzzy C Means. International Journal of Computer Applications. 113, 11 ( March 2015), 14-17. DOI=10.5120/19870-1857

@article{ 10.5120/19870-1857,
author = { Amrita Roy Chowdhury, Sreeparna Banerjee },
title = { Detection of Cotton Wool Spots from Retinal Images using Fuzzy C Means },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { March 2015 },
volume = { 113 },
number = { 11 },
month = { March },
year = { 2015 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 14-17 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume113/number11/19870-1857/ },
doi = { 10.5120/19870-1857 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Amrita Roy Chowdhury
%A Sreeparna Banerjee
%T Detection of Cotton Wool Spots from Retinal Images using Fuzzy C Means
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 113
%N 11
%P 14-17
%D 2015
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Diabetic Retinopathy is a common disease among those who are suffering from Diabetes for a long period. Several abnormalities are related to Diabetic Retinopathy. Cotton Wool Spot is one among them. It causes from nerve fiber layer breaking from occlusion of pre-capillary arterioles. It occurs in retina as whitish spots causing blindness in some cases. Early detection of CWS can prevent severe damage of retina which may lead to permanent vision loss. In this paper an algorithm is developed which can detect these spots automatically from a retinal image affected by Diabetic Retinopathy. The automatic detection can help the doctors for accurate detection of Cotton Wool Spots and also for the longitudinal study of a retinal image damaged by Diabetic Retinopathy.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) Cotton Wool Spot (CWS) Fuzzy C Means (FCM) Optic Disc (OD)