Retinal blood vessel segmentation from diabetic retinopathy images using tandem PCNN model and deep learning based SVM

Abstract Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) occurs due to Type-II diabetes. It causes damages to the retinal blood vessels and reason for visual impairment. The predicted center is around the probability of variation in the estimation of retinal veins, and the crisp enrolls vessel development inside the retina. To witness the changes segmentation of retinal blood vessels has to be made. A framework to upgrade the quality of the segmentation results over morbid retinal images is proposed. This framework utilizes Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) for eliminating the background from the source image and enhances the foreground blood vessel pixels, Tandem Pulse Coupled Neural Network (TPCNN) model is endorsed for automatic feature vectors generation, and Deep Learning Based Support Vector Machine (DLBSVM) is proposed for classification and extraction of blood vessels. The DLBSVM parameters are fine-tuned via Firefly algorithm. The STARE, DRIVE, HRF, REVIEW, and DRIONS fundus image datasets are deliberated to assess the recommended techniques. The results render that the proposed technologies improve the segmentation with 80.61% Sensitivity, 99.54% Specificity, and 99.49% Accuracy.

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