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This comprehensive, multi-contributed reference work details the latest state-of-the art techniques relating to all aspects of eye imaging, textural imaging, and modeling of the human eye in 2D and 3D. Drawing on the expertise of well-known professors and lecturers in the field, it covers sound theory, principles, and results of the human eye imaging. It focuses on the latest techniques in computer-based imaging and detection methods as well as eye imaging under diabetes retinopathy stages and glaucoma processes. Extensive references at the end of each chapter facilitate further learning.

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Author:   E. Y. K. Ng (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) ,  Jen Hong Tan (Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Clementi, Singapore) ,  U. Rajendra Acharya (Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore) ,  Jasjit S. Suri (Global Biomedical Technologies, Inc., Roseville, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Weight:   0.725kg
ISBN:  

9781439869932

ISBN 10:   1439869936
Pages:   430
Publication Date:   05 June 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section I: Automated Identification of Diabetes Retinopathy Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques. VAMPIRE: Vessel Assessment and Measurement Platform for Images of the Retina. Formal Design and Development of a Glaucoma Classification System. Computer-Aided Assessment of Optic Nerve. A Survey of Instruments for Eye Diagnostics with Special Emphasis on Glaucoma Detection. Imaging Modalities and Medical Applications in the Ocular Surface. Current Research on Ocular Surface Temperature. Computer Methods in the Estimation of Tear Evaporation by Thermography. Tear Film Thermal Image Characteristics Analysis in Temporal and Spatial Aspects. Section II: Biomechanical Modeling of the Human Eye with a Focus on the Cornea. Modeling Retinal Laser Surgery in Human Eye. A Geometric Model of the 3D Human Eye and Its Optical Simulation. Human Eye Heat Distribution Using 3D Web-Splines Solution. Modeling of Human Eye Exposed to Laser Radiation. Computational Bioheat Modeling in Human Eye with Local Blood Perfusion Effect. Modeling and Simulation of Bioheat Transfer in the Human Eye with Edge-Based Smoothed Finite Element Method (ES-FEM). A Numerical Approach to Bioheat and Mass Transfer in the Human Eye. Index.

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EYK Ng, PhD, earned his PhD at Cambridge University. His research is in thermal imaging, biomedical engineering, and computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer. He is a faculty member at the Nanyang Technological University. He has published 260 papers in SCI journals (173), conference proceedings (35), and textbook chapters (72), and has co-authored 9 books. Ng is editor-in-chief for the Journal of Mechanics in Medicine & Biology and Journal of Medical Imaging & Health Informatics, and is strategy associate editor-in-chief for the World Journal of Clinical Oncology. Jen Hong Tan, PhD, earned his PhD from Nanyang Technological University, where he specialized in 2D biosignal processing. He is an application research engineer working on projects such as computer-aided diagnosis in posterior-anterior chest radiograph (with SATA Commhealth Singapore), and non-contact tear evaporimetry using infrared thermography (with Singapore Eye Research Institute). U Rajendra Acharya, PhD, DEng, is a visiting faculty member at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, adjunct faculty at Singapore Institute of Technology- University of Glasgow/Singapore Joint Campus, and associate faculty in SIM University, Singapore. He earned his PhD from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India, and his DEng from Chiba University, Japan. He has published more than 240 papers, in refereed international SCI-IF journals (145), international conference proceedings (42), textbook chapters (62), and books (11 including in press) with h-index of 16 (Scopus). He has worked on various funded projects with grants worth more than 1.5 million SGD. Jasjit S. Suri, MS, PhD, MBA, Fellow AIMBE, is an innovator, scientist, and internationally known world leader who has spent over 20 years in the field of biomedical engineering/sciences and its management. He earned his doctorate from the University of Washington, Seattle, and his MBA from Weatherhead, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. Suri was awarded the President’s Gold Medal in 1980 by the Directorate General National Cadet Corps and has been named a Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering for his outstanding contributions.

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