Automated registration of digital ocular fundus images for comparison of lesions

In the STARE project (structured analysis of the retina) we are developing a system that will automatically diagnose images of the ocular fundus, compare sequential images for change, and make clinically significant measurements of lesions and anatomical structures in the images. Ophthalmologists need to compare color images, fluorescein angiograms, indocyanine angiograms, and scanning laser ophthalmoscopy for onset of disease and changes in lesions. The images are made from fundus cameras of different manufacture and at different magnification. Consequently we designed our system to register images of different magnification or appearance automatically.