Automatic Extraction of Blood Vessels in the Retinal Vascular Tree Using Multiscale Medialness

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International Journal of Biomedical Imaging

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Figure 15: Automatic Extraction of Blood Vessels in the Retinal Vascular Tree Using Multiscale Medialness 