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英文原文 Fast Localization of the Optic Disc Using Projection of Image Features Ahmed E. Mahfouz and Ahmed S. Fahmy Abstract-Optic Disc (OD) localization is an important pre-processing step that signi?cantly simpli?es subsequent segmentation of the OD and other retinal structures. Current OD localization techniques suffer from impractically-high computation times (few minutes per image). In this work, we present a fast technique that requires less than a second to localize the OD. The technique is based upon obtaining two projections of certain image features that encode the x- and y- coordinates of the OD. The resulting 1-D projections are then searched to determine the location of the OD. This avoids searching the 2-D image space and, thus, enhances the speed of the OD localization process. Image features such as retinal vessels orientation and the OD brightness are used in the current method. Four publicly-avail-able databases, including STARE and DRIVE, are used to evaluate the proposed technique. The OD was successfully located in 330 images out of 340 images (97%) with an average computation time of 0.65 s. Index Terms—Image features, localization, optic disc, projection. INTRODUCTION With the new advances in digital modalities for retinal imaging, there is a progressive need of image processing tools that provide fast and reliable segmentation of retinal anatomical structures. The optic disc(OD) is a major retinal structure that usually appears in retinal images as a circular bright object [1]. It is the region where the optic nerve and the retinal and choroidal vessels emerge into the eye [2].A large number of algorithms have been proposed in literature to segment the OD; this includes the use of Hough Transform [3]–[5], active contour models [6], and gradient vector ?ow (GVF) [7] and [8].Nevertheless, the success and ef?ciency of these algorithms depend mainly upon determining a seed point inside the OD, i.e., localization of the OD