title: The influence of the retinal blood vessels segmentation algoritm on the monofractal.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to assess the influence of the retinal blood vessels segmentation algorithm on the measurement of human retinal microvascular monofractal dimension.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three segmentation algorithms were tested and evaluated on retinal images from STARE database.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The comparative study was performed in terms of accuracy for measurement of monofractal dimension.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The development of faster more efficient and more automated algorithms for retinal vessel segmentation are important to achieve more precise data on retinal blood vessels anatomy.
authors.affiliation: Universitatea Tehnică din Cluj-Napoca Facultatea de Mecanica, Department de Art de Geometrie Descriptivă şi Grafică Inginerească, Clu-Napoca, Ramânia. stefan_fa@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tălu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003196:Computer Graphics; D017709:Fractals; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012160:Retina / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*