Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 213-227 , April 2010

Multi-scale retinal vessel segmentation using line tracking

Received 1 June 2009 ,Revised 24 September 2009 ,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2009.09.006

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 213-227 , April 2010