Performance characteristics of significance by SOM and its application to fundus image analysis

Abstract

Unlike classical statistical treatment, Tokutaka et al. proposed a significance by SOM based on a new concept that ”significance is a magnitude relation between two data class elements”. There are several applications of the proposed method by Tokutaka et al., However, since the proposed method is a new concept, it is not yet enough to elucidate basic characteristics.Therefore, using the iris benchmark data of Fisher-Anderson used in data classification, the properties of significance are clarified, and its effectiveness is clarified from application to fundus image analysis as a practical application.