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SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Granero MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5723944 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fernandez-Granero M A MA Sarmiento A A Sanchez-Morillo D D Jiménez S S Alemany P P Fondón I I
Journal of healthcare engineering 20171127
Glaucoma is a degenerative disease that constitutes the second cause of blindness in developed countries. Although it cannot be cured, its progression can be prevented through early diagnosis. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm for automatic glaucoma diagnosis based on retinal colour images. We focus on capturing the inherent colour changes of optic disc (OD) and cup borders by computing several colour derivatives in CIE <i>L</i><sup>∗</sup><i>a</i><sup>∗</sup><i>b</i><sup>∗</sup> colour ...[more]