Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy(DR) is a symptom of early blindness. It causes due to high pressure on blood vassals. Pressure on eye may be origin of hemorrhages and microaneurysms, hard exudates, and cotton-wool spots. Hence to detect early lesions of diabetic retinopathy computer system has been developed using image processing. This paper describes the development of an automatic fundus image processing and analytic system to facilitate diagnosis of the ophthalmologists. Color fundus photographs are useful to detect hemorrhages and microaneurysms, hard exudates, and cotton-wool spots. Digital image processing technique (DIP) involves the modification of digital data. This can recover the image clarity, sharpness & details of features of interest towards the information extract & further analysis with the help of computer. This paper proposes tool for the early detection of Diabetic retinopathy using Image Enhancement method [1].

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