Desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta CAD para detecção do glaucoma utilizando imagens de fundo de olho

Abstract

Computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) tools are a system that aims to assist healthcare professionals to make decisions about a final diagnosis. Generally, these tools make use of digital images, in order to provide new information or highlight those present in the image, in order to assist the health professional. These tools require high computational power and high accuracy rates. In this context, the clinical protocol used for quantification of glaucoma can be performed in an automated way by computer systems, in a supervised manner. Thus, this work aims at the development of a WEB tool in order to aid the quantification of glaucoma in fundus images of the eye. As a study of the case, the open image bank RIM-ONE database was used, in which it brings together hundreds of eye fund images. The results presented demonstrate the potential use of this tool in the diagnosis of glaucoma, helping medical practice.