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<journal-id>2007-0705</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Nova scientia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Nova scientia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-0705</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de La Salle Bajío A. C., Coordinación de Investigación]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-07052019000100224</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21640/ns.v11i22.1872</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[A proposal to measure the similarity between retinal vessel segmentations images]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Una propuesta para medir la similaridad entre imágenes segmentadas de la red vascular de la retina]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Escobar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marco A.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guzmán Sepúlveda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José R.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Parra Michel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge R.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guzmán Cabrera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad De La Salle Bajío  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[León Guanajuato]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad De La Salle Bajío  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[León Guanajuato]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guanajuato Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>22</numero>
<fpage>224</fpage>
<lpage>245</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-07052019000100224&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-07052019000100224&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-07052019000100224&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: We propose a novel approach for the assessment of the similarity of retinal vessel segmentation images that is based on linking the standard performance metrics of a segmentation algorithm, with the actual structural properties of the images through the fractal dimension.  Method: We apply our methodology to compare the vascularity extracted by automatic segmentation against manually segmented images.  Results: We demonstrate that the strong correlation between the standard metrics and fractal dimension is preserved regardless of the size of the subimages analyzed.  Discussion or Conclusion: We show that the fractal dimension is correlated to the segmentation algorithm&#8217;s performance and therefore it can be used as a comparison metric.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: Proponemos una nueva metodología para establecer la similitud entre imágenes segmentadas de la red vascular de la retina. El método está basado en vincular métricas estándar con propiedades estructurales a través de la dimensión fractal.  Método: Aplicamos nuestra metodología para comparar la vascularidad de imágenes de la retina extraídas de forma automática contra segmentaciones hechas de forma manual.  Resultados: Demostramos que existe una fuerte correlación entre las métricas estándar y la dimensión fractal y que esta prevalece incluso si se divide la imagen en sub-imágenes.  Discusión o Conclusión: Mostramos que la dimensión fractal esta correlacionada con el rendimiento del algoritmo de segmentación y por tanto puede ser usado como métrica.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[image processing]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[segmentation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[fractal dimension]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[similarity measurement]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[procesamiento de imágenes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[segmentación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dimensión fractal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[medición de similaridad]]></kwd>
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