Alfredo Ruggeri

TL;DR: A new method to identify the position of the optic disc (OD) in retinal fundus images using the set of 81 images from the STARE project, containing images from both normal and pathological subjects.

TL;DR: The proposed image normalization technique will definitely improve automatic fundus images analysis but will also be very useful to eye specialists in their visual examination of retinal images.

TL;DR: A new algorithm for the evaluation of tortuosity in vessels recognized in digital fundus images is proposed, based on partitioning each vessel in segments of constant-sign curvature and then combining together each evaluation of such segments and their number.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a list of recommendations focusing on the creation of large repositories of test data created by international consortia, easily accessible via moderated Web sites, including multicenter annotations by multiple experts, specific to clinical tasks.

TL;DR: A new algorithm for classifying the vessels is developed, which exploits the peculiarities of retinal images, and a divide et impera approach that partitioned a concentric zone around the optic disc into quadrants was able to perform a more robust local classification analysis.