An Ensemble based System for Detection of Retinal Microaneurysms and Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy is a serious complication of diabetes and major cause of blindness. Therefore early detection through regular screening will be highly beneficial in effectively controlling the progress of the disease. Microaneurysms are the early signs of Diabetic retinopathy and appear as mall red dots. The number of microaneurysms gives the severity of the disease. Early microaneurysm detection can help to reduce the incidence of blindness. We propose an ensemble-based system to improve microaneurysm detection. We propose a system that combine the internal components of microaneurysm detectors, namely preprocessing methods and candidate extractors.