Automated retinal layer segmentation on optical coherence tomography image by combination of structure interpolation and lateral mean filtering

Yushu Ma; Yingzhe Gao; Zhaolin Li; Ang Li; Yi Wang; Jian Liu; Yao Yu; Wenbo Shi; Zhenhe Ma

doi:10.1142/s1793545821400113

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