Dual classifier system for handprinted alphanumeric character recognition

Automated detection of proliferative diabetic retinopathy using a modified line operator and dual classification

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is a condition that carries a high risk of severe visual impairment. The hallmark of PDR is neovascularisation, the growth of abnormal new vessels. This paper describes an automated method for the detection of new vessels in retinal images. Two vessel segmentation approaches are applied, using the standard line operator and a novel modified line operator. The latter is designed to reduce false responses to non-vessel edges. Both generated binary vessel maps hold vital information which must be processed separately. This is achieved with a dual classification system. Local morphology features are measured from each binary vessel map to produce two separate feature sets. Independent classification is performed for each feature set using a support vector machine (SVM) classifier. The system then combines these individual classification outcomes to produce a final decision. Sensitivity and specificity results using a dataset of 60 images are 0.862 and 0.944 respectively on a per patch basis and 1.00 and 0.90 respectively on a per image basis.

A Methodology for Feature Selection Using Multiobjective Genetic Algorithms for Handwritten Digit String Recognition

In this paper a methodology for feature selection for the handwritten digit string recognition is proposed. Its novelty lies in the use of a multiobjective genetic algorithm where sensitivity analysis and neural network are employed to allow the use of a representative database to evaluate fitness and the use of a validation database to identify the subsets of selected features that provide a good generalization. Some advantages of this approach include the ability to accommodate multiple criteria such as number of features and accuracy of the classifier, as well as the capacity to deal with huge databases in order to adequately represent the pattern recognition problem. Comprehensive experiments on the NIST SD19 demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed methodology.