MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION BASED ON A MODIFIED LEVEL SET ALGORITHM

Imagesegmentationplaysanimportantrolein imageanalysisaswellasinhigh levelimageinter pretationandunderstandingsuchasrobotvision, objectrecognition,andmedicalimaging.Numerous segmentationmethodshavebeendeveloped.How ever,medicalimagesareoftencorruptedbyno…     

噪声符合高斯分布的曲面图像分割

针对噪声符合高斯分布的曲面图像分割问题,提出了一种基于变分水平集方法的隐式曲面上噪声符合高斯分布的图像分割模型。为定义隐式曲面上图像区域划分的动态轮廓线,引入另一个动态水平集函数,其零水平集与隐式曲面的交线即为曲面上区域划分的轮廓线。该模型采用N个水平集函数划分2^N个区域的区域竞争策略。通过变分方法得到图像分割空间轮廓线演化的梯度降方程。通过显式差分格式对演化方程进行离散。实验结果表明,该模型对曲面上噪声符合高斯分布的图像具有良好的分割效果,并且在图像分割的同时能够完全保持曲面固有的几何特征。     

A novel active contour model for medical image segmentation

A novel segmentation method for medical image with intensity inhomogeneity is introduced. In the proposed active contour model, both region and gradient information are taken into consideration. The former, i.e., region-based fitting energy, draws upon the region information and guarantees the accurate extraction of inhomogeneous image’s local information. The latter, i.e., an edge indicator, weights the length penalizing term to consider the gradient constrain. Moreover, signed distance penalizing term is also added to ensure accurate computation and avoid the time-consuming re-initialization of evolving level set function. Experiments for synthetic and real images demonstrate the feasibility and superiority of the proposed model.     

基于离散水平集方法的Chan-Vese模型

采用离散形式的水平集函数代替传统的符号距离函数,提出基于离散水平集方法的Chan-Vese模型。采用变分方法得到水平集函数演化的梯度降方程,对得到的演化方程进行半隐式离散求解和数值算例验证,并与传统的符号距离函数方法进行对比,以验证离散水平集方法在图像分割中的优势。实验结果表明,基于离散水平集方法的Chan-Vese模型分割速度和精度比用符号距离函数实现的Chan-Vese模型有明显提高。     

IMAGE SEGMENTATION BASED ON MARKOV RANDOM FIELD AND WATERSHED TECHNIQUES

IntroductionThere are many methods to perform imagesegmentation and edge detection tasks that incor-porate region- growing and edge detection tech-niques,for example,it is applying edge detectiontechniques to obtain Difference In Strength( DIS)map then employ region growing techniques towork on the map as in Refs.[1 ,2 ]. In the others,combining both special and intensity information inimage segmentation approach based on multi- reso-lution edge detection,region selection and intensi-ty thre…     

融合边缘检测与区域生长的交通图像分割方法

在交通监控中,如何从复杂的背景中分割运动物体是至关重要的一步,针对车辆的运动阴影对图像分割产生的不利影响,提出了一种新的融合边缘检测与区域生长的彩色图像分割算法,算法同时考虑了图像的彩色信息和空间信息.该算法首先对彩色图像边缘检测,并根据检测结果设置种子像素;再基于颜色相似性生长准则,结合边缘检测结果,对每个种子点进行区域生长;最后,利用区域合并算法对剩余的像素进行合并.实验结果表明该算法很大程度上克服了阴影给图像分割带来的不利影响.     

基于图像表面梯度的翻拍检测

经过翻拍后的篡改图像能够轻易绕过现有的图像篡改检测系统,这对图像真实性的检测构成严重的安全威胁.本文基于翻拍过程中两次使用相机进行拍摄而引入的非线性响应,使用Lib-SVM设计图像分类器判别翻拍图像和真实图像.翻拍后图像表面梯度值与真实图像相比会产生非线性变化,这使翻拍图像表面梯度值产生异常.本文基于图像表面梯度特性提取相关特征值,使用支持向量机分类器进行翻拍图像和真实图像的判别.实验结果表明,本文提出的特征分类效果良好,可以正确检测翻拍图像.     

A Novel Model of F0 Contours Prediction for Continuous Speech

F0 （fundamental frequency） contour was studied under different prosodic environment in continuous speech and a novel model of F0 contours prediction was proposed. It describes syllabic F0 contour with two points, one curve and duration. The curve represents two optimal points of controlling parameters. The duration represents the syllabic duration. The prosodic characters of controlling parameters were analyzed by CART （Class and Regression Tree）. A set of controlling parameters was analyzed, which reflects the linguistic environment and prosodic structure. Then it sets up the model of F0 contours prediction with the two optimal controlling parameters and F0 templates. The end pitch value of previous syllable as special prosodic parameters was used to keep the continuity of fore-and-aft syllable. It focuses on looking out the main prosodic clues hiding in F0 contours and applying it to simplify the model for prediction. The results of synthesis experiment show that the performance of the prediction method is appreciated.     

Image series segmentation and improved MC algorithm

A semiautomatic segmentation method based on active contour is proposed for computed tomography （CT） image series. First, to get initial contour, one image slice was segmented exactly by C-V method based on Mumford-Shah model. Next, the computer will segment the nearby slice automatically using the snake model one by one. During segmenting of image slices, former slice boundary, as next slice initial contour, may cross over next slice real boundary and never return to right position. To avoid contour skipping over, the distance variance between two slices is evaluated by an threshold, which decides whether to initiate again. Moreover, a new improved marching cubes （MC） algorithm based on 2D images series segmentation boundary is given for 3D image reconstruction. Compared with the standard method, the proposed algorithm reduces detecting time and needs less storing memory. The effectiveness and capabilities of the algorithm were illustrated by ,experimental results.     

Unsupervised spatio-temporal segmentation for extracting moving objects in video sequences

Extraction of moving objects is an important and fundamental research topic for many video ap-plications. This paper addresses an unsupervised spatio-temporal segmentation scheme to extract moving objects from video sequences. The temporal segmentation localizes moving objects by comparing the motion vector of each block in each frame with the corresponding global motion vector estimated by an outlier rejection (OR) based method. Furthermore, the temporal compensation utilizing the temporal coherence of moving objects is considered in the temporal segmentation to solve the temporarily stopping problem. The detected moving regions usually have discontinuous boundaries and some holes. These regions are then compensated in the spatial domain. In the spatial segmentation, the watershed algorithm considering the global information improves the accuracy of segmentation in the spatial domain. The modified mean filter is presented to suppress some minima. By using a fusion module, moving objects are extracted. Experiments on various sequences have successfully demonstrated the validity of the proposed scheme.     

FULLY AUTOMATIC FRAMEWORK FOR SEGMENTATION OF BRAIN MRI IMAGE

Automaticbraintissuesegmentationfrommag neticresonanceimages(MRI)isofgreatimportance forresearchandclinicalstudyofmuchneurological pathology.Duringthepastdecade,theMRIhashad agreatimpactonthediagnosticimagingofmosthu manorgansystem.Thesegmentationofbrai…     

带评价系统的曲率相关有向主动轮廓模型

主动轮廓模型广泛应用于很多领域,但这个框架下的模型都有两个关键的难点.针对这一问题,通过对已有方法失败原因的分析,本文提出了一种新颖的外力大小与曲率相关的主动轮廓模型（CDM模型）.任何粗分割方法都能为该模型预测方向提供灵活有效的线索,并且模型外力的大小定义为曲线曲率的相关方程.这使得该模型具有许多与众不同的优点,并能够有效避免自相交现象的发生.在不同的收敛过程和不同的主动轮廓模型中,评价模块的出现能够有效地度量模型结果与真实目标轮廓之间的相似度.实验结果显示,CDM模型在其他模型失败的例子中能够得到正确、鲁棒的结果,并且能够在医学图像中精确地拟合目标轮廓.     

Image Segmentation Using an Improved Watershed Algorithm

IntroductionOne of the firstand mostimportantoperationsin image analysis and computervision is image seg-mentation.The aim of image segmentation is thedomain- independent partition of the image into aset of regions,which are visually distinct and uni-form…     

交通事件视频图像自动识别系统的研究

如何有效利用高速公路视频图像信息,实时全天候自动智能检测交通事件,提升交通管理部门应急处置能效,是当前公路视频监控亟需解决的问题．本文基于视频图像处理技术,开展交通事件自动识别算法和系统的研究：采用中值滤波、亮度缩放等图像预处理方法,提取交通视频图像的前景目标边界并抑制噪声;基于灰度阈值化方法,对车辆前景进行二值化分割处理;提出一种二值化场景图像连通区域标定算法,对交通事件前景目标进行特征提取与检测识别,并基于上述算法和识别流程开发了交通事件视频自动识别系统．试验表明,该系统对噪声干扰抑制能力较强,识别准确率较高．     

IMAGE ANALYSIS BASED ON EDGE DETECTION TECHNIQUES

IntroductionEdges are pixels where brightness changesabruptly and often used in image analysis for find-ing region boundaries.It locates sharp changes inthe intensity function.Edges detection is basic im-age features.They carry useful information aboutobject boundaries.Edges can be used for object i-dentification,image analysis and image filteringapplications as well.We shall consider as an edgethe border between two homogeneous image re-gions having different illumination.This definitionimp…     

基于单目视觉的运动行人检测与跟踪方法

为了有效检测与跟踪城市交通环境中的行人,提出了一种在摄像机静止情况下基于单目视觉的运动行人检测与跟踪方法。检测阶段通过自适应背景模型快速提取背景图像,用动态多阈值方法二值化差分图分割运动行人;跟踪阶段引入灰色模型作为行人运动模型,预测行人运动,融合行人多种特征建立目标匹配模板,对行人连续跟踪。通过单个行人通行和多个行人同时出现这两种交通环境下的视频图像对本方法进行了验证,单个行人通行时,跟踪的正确率为95%;多个行人同时通行时,识别每个行人并分别跟踪的正确率为87%。     

复杂背景下多目标图像分割方法研究

真实路况中的运动车辆图像进行图像分割时,图像中往往存在多个车辆车牌信息,且这些车牌信息具有尺度不一,位置随机等特点,加之光照及复杂背景的影响,如何兼顾多个车辆车牌的分割效果是车辆检测和跟踪领域亟待解决的问题.为了解决这类工程应用中的问题,需要在尺度空间下对多目标图像进行分析.因本文在前期多尺度分割模型的基础上引入视觉注意机制,利用不变性特征实现多目标的定位及最优分割尺度的选取.经大量实验测试结果表明,该算法较好地实现了图像中多个车牌图像的分割并且具有较好的分割效果.     

Fusion of remote sensing images based on nonsubsampled contourlet transform and region segmentation

The purpose of remote sensing images fusion is to produce a fused image that contains more clear, accurate and comprehensive information than any single image. A novel fusion method is proposed in this paper based on nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) and region segmentation. Firstly, the multispectral image is transformed to intensity-hue-saturation (IHS) system. Secondly, the panchromatic image and the component intensity of the multispectral image are decomposed by NSCT. Then the NSCT coefficients of high and low frequency subbands are fused by different rules, respectively. For the high frequency subbands, the fusion rules are also unalike in the smooth and edge regions. The two regions are segregated in the panchromatic image, and the segmentation is based on particle swarm optimization. Finally, the fusion image can be obtained by performing inverse NSCT and inverse IHS transform. The experimental results are evaluated by both subjective and objective criteria. It is shown that the proposed method can obtain superior results to others.     

基于序列图像运动分割的车辆边界轮廓提取算法

为了准确获得图像感兴趣区中运动车辆的形状特征,提出了一种新的车辆边界轮廓提取算法.利用连续3帧图像,对包含同一运动车辆的图像感兴趣区进行光流场分割,以获取目标运动区域,通过平移运动区域的左、右边界获得正确的车辆区域及其封闭边界轮廓,通过放大运动矢量计算公式的阈值来提高其运行效率.试验结果表明:该算法可从具有复杂自然场景的图像序列中检测出完整的运动车辆边界轮廓,检测正确率在95%以上.