(DA-U)Net: double attention UNet for retinal vessel segmentation.

Journal: BMC ophthalmology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Morphological changes in the retina are crucial and serve as valuable references in the clinical diagnosis of ophthalmic and cardiovascular diseases. However, the retinal vascular structure is complex, making manual segmentation time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Authors

  • Bing Chu
    Department of Medical Engineering, Wannan Medical College, WuHu, AnHui, 241002, China.
  • Jinsong Zhao
    School of Medical Imageology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241002, Anhui, China. zhaojinsong@wnmc.edu.cn.
  • Wenqiang Zheng
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, AnHui, 241001, China.
  • Zhengyuan Xu
    Department of Medical Engineering, Wannan Medical College, WuHu, AnHui, 241002, China. xuzy@wnmc.edu.cn.