Publications by authors named "Maja S Jensen"

This study deals with the creation of 3D models that can work as a tool for discriminating between tissue and background in the development of tissue classification methods. Ten formalin-fixed atherosclerotic carotid plaques removed by endarterectomy were scanned with 3D multi-angle spatial compound ultrasound (US) and subsequently sliced and photographed to produce a 3D anatomical data set. Outlines in the ultrasound data were found by means of active contours and combined into 10 3D ultrasound models.

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Purpose: To evaluate fundus photographic image analysis combining automated detection of red lesions, bright lesions, and image quality as a means of identifying treatment-requiring diabetic retinopathy in a screening population of diabetic patients.

Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of 106 patients from a diabetic retinopathy screening clinic referred for photocoagulation treatment in the period from January 1996 to May 2002 on the basis of mydriatic 60-degree 35-mm color transparency fundus photography. One fovea-centered fundus photograph and one centered nasal of the optic disk from each of a subject's two eyes was selected for digitization and analyzed using a previously tested computerized red-lesion detection algorithm in combination with a new algorithm for detection of bright lesions and image quality.

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Purpose: To investigate the use of automated image analysis for the detection of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in fundus photographs captured with and without pharmacological pupil dilation using a digital non-mydriatic camera.

Methods: A total of 83 patients (165 eyes) with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, representing the full spectrum of DR, were photographed with and without pharmacological pupil dilation using a digital non-mydriatic camera. Two sets of five overlapping, non-stereoscopic, 45-degree field images of each eye were obtained.

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