Deepvessel: Retinal vessel segmentation via deep learning and conditional random field

Huazhu Fu, Yanwu Xu, Stephen Lin, Damon Wing Kee Wong, Jiang Liu

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Abstract

Retinal vessel segmentation is a fundamental step for various ocular imaging applications. In this paper,we formulate the retinal vessel segmentation problem as a boundary detection task and solve it using a novel deep learning architecture. Our method is based on two key ideas: (1) applying a multi-scale and multi-level Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) with a side-output layer to learn a rich hierarchical representation,and (2) utilizing a Conditional Random Field (CRF) to model the long-range interactions between pixels. We combine the CNN and CRF layers into an integrated deep network called Deep Vessel. Our experiments show that the DeepVessel system achieves state-of-the-art retinal vessel segmentation performance on the DRIVE,STARE,and CHASE DB1 datasets with an efficient running time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2016 - 19th International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsGozde Unal, Sebastian Ourselin, Leo Joskowicz, Mert R. Sabuncu, William Wells
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages132-139
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783319467221
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9901 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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