All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
- 🎯 Comprehensive repository restructuring with organized source code directories
- 📚 Enhanced documentation with installation guide, usage examples, and API reference
- 🔧 Utility functions for path management and quick start guidance
- 🏗️ Structured source code organized by functionality (core, features, classification, preprocessing, evaluation)
- 📖 Professional README with badges, performance metrics, and citation information
- 🗂️ Legacy code preservation in dedicated legacy directory
- ⚡ Quick start scripts for new users and testing
- 📄 License file with proper attribution and citation requirements
- 🔄 File organization - moved all MATLAB files to appropriate functional directories
- 📈 Documentation format - upgraded to professional markdown with enhanced formatting
- 🎨 Visual enhancements - added badges, tables, and improved layout
- 📊 Performance reporting - structured results in professional tables
📁 retinalVesselSegmentation/
├── 📄 README.md # Comprehensive project documentation
├── 📄 LICENSE # MIT license with citation requirements
├── 📄 CHANGELOG.md # This changelog file
├── 📁 src/ # Organized source code
│ ├── 📁 core/ # Core segmentation algorithms
│ ├── 📁 features/ # Feature extraction methods
│ ├── 📁 classification/ # Machine learning classifiers
│ ├── 📁 preprocessing/ # Image preprocessing utilities
│ ├── 📁 evaluation/ # Performance evaluation tools
│ ├── 📁 utils/ # Utility functions and path management
│ └── 📁 legacy/ # Legacy code for backward compatibility
├── 📁 scripts/ # Standalone scripts and examples
├── 📁 docs/ # Documentation and guides
├── 📁 Images/ # Dataset storage and results
└── 📁 Publications/ # Research papers and references
- 🔬 Initial implementation of retinal vessel segmentation algorithms
- 🤖 Random Forest classification for supervised vessel detection
- 🌊 Multi-scale line detection for unsupervised segmentation
- 🏗️ Feature extraction using SURF and custom descriptors
- 📊 Evaluation metrics for performance assessment
- 📚 Research validation on DRIVE, STARE, and CHASE_DB1 datasets
- IET Computer Vision (2021): Supervised and unsupervised approaches
- AIME 2019: Semi-supervised vessel segmentation approach
- IbPRIA 2019: Mixture of supervised and unsupervised methods
- 🔮 Deep learning integration with CNN-based segmentation
- ⚡ GPU acceleration for faster processing
- 🌐 Web interface for easy access and testing
- 📱 Mobile compatibility for clinical applications
- 🔗 API endpoints for integration with medical systems
- 🧠 Advanced neural networks (U-Net, DeepLab variants)
- 🔍 Multi-modal fusion with OCT and fluorescein angiography
- 📊 Quantitative analysis tools for clinical metrics
- 🔬 3D vessel reconstruction from multiple fundus views