Detection of Micro Aneurysm in Fundus Images for the monitoring of Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy is one of the major eye disease suffered by diabetic patients. Diabetics is characterized as a higher sugar level in the blood which affects many parts of the body including the eye. The affected blood vessels of the retina results in swelling and blood leakage. This causes blurred eyesight and in a long run affects the vision of the patient. Early diagnosis of this disease can greatly help people in saving their vision. Micro aneurysm, which is one of the initial symptoms of diabetic retinopathy, can be detected using computer aided methods. The method includes initial preprocessing and candidate extraction process to detect the circularly shaped micro aneurysms. The count of the micro aneurysms indicates the severity of Diabetic retinopathy.