Morphology-Based Exudates Detection in Diabetic Retinopathy

Retinopathy is a diabetic-related complication which is the main cause of vision loss of the diabetic patients and the prevalence is rising day by day. Exudates are the earliest sign of diabetic retinopathy. Early detection of retinopathy can prevent vision loss by regular screening and proper treatment. This paper presents a morphology-based method for the detection of diabetic retinopathy through exudates from color fundus images. We applied our approach on fundus images and obtained satisfactory results, which are compared with the ophthalmologists hand-drawn ground truths.