Fig. 10From: Microaneurysms detection in color fundus images using machine learning based on directional local contrastProcess of MA candidate regions extraction. a Result of shade correction (\(I_\text {sc}\)); b result of preprocessing (\(I_\text {gauss}\)); c result of BV removal (\(I_\text {gsBV0}\)); d result of contrast stretch (\(I_\text {CS}\)); e preliminary MA candidate regions (\(I_\text {can1}\)); f final result of MA candidate regions (\(I_\text {can}\), green circles indicate ground truth of MAs)Back to article page