Research Article

Retinal Vessel Diameter Measurement Using Unsupervised Linear Discriminant Analysis

Table 5

Cross-correlation comparison between the ULDM, manual measurements, and their average value.

Observer 1Observer 2Observer 3Obs_avgaULDM

HRISObserver 11
Observer 20.931
Observer 30.910.941
Obs_avg0.970.980.971
ULDM0.830.860.870.871

CLRISObserver 11
Observer 20.961
Observer 30.970.961
Obs_avg0.990.980.991
ULDM0.890.880.890.901

VDISObserver 11
Observer 20.931
Observer 30.920.901
Obs_avg0.970.970.961
ULDM0.880.900.870.911

KPISObserver 11
Observer 20.691
Observer 30.650.641
Obs_avg0.900.870.871
ULDM0.500.470.410.521

aObs_avg is the data sequence containing average of vessel diameters measured by the three observers for each vessel cross-section.