A Bintree Energy Approach for Colour Image Segmentation Using Adaptive Channel Selection

A new hierarchical approach called bintree energy segmentation was presented for color image seg-mentation. The image features are extracted by adaptive clustering on multi-channel data at each level and used as the criteria to dynamically select the best chromatic channel, where the segmentation is carried out. In this approach, an extended direct energy computation method based on the Chan-Vese model was proposed to segment the selected channel, and the segmentation outputs are then fused with other channels into new images,from which a new channel with better features is selected for the second round segmentation. This procedure is repeated until the preset condition is met. Finally, a binary segmentation tree is formed, in which each leaf represents a class of objects with a distinctive color. To facilitate the data organization, image background is employed in segmentation and channels fusion. The bintree energy segmentation exploits color information involved in all channels data and tries to optimize the global segmentation result by choosing the "best" chan-nel for segmentation at each level. The experiments show that the method is effective in speed, accuracy and flexibility.     

MUTUAL INFORMATION BASED 3D NON-RIGID REGISTRATION OF CT/MR ABDOMEN IMAGES

Introduction　　 Automating medical image registration is be-coming an increasingly important goal. It formsthe basis of image processing techniques to com-bine information from the different modalities,which are now frequently acquired for many pa-tients. Such combined representations of patientimages have been shown to assistin the interpreta-tion of the complementary information provided bythe modalities[1,2 ] .　　 A variety of imaging modalities gives insightto different parameters and in…     

A bintree energy approach for colour image segmentation using adaptive channel selection

A new hierarchical approach called bintree energy segmentation was presented for color image segmentation. The image features are extracted by adaptive clustering on multi-channel data at each level and used as the criteria to dynamically select the best chromatic channel, where the segmentation is carried out. In this approach, an extended direct energy computation method based on the Chan-Vese model was proposed to segment the selected channel, and the segmentation outputs are then fused with other channels into new images, from which a new channel with better features is selected for the second round segmentation. This procedure is repeated until the preset condition is met. Finally, a binary segmentation tree is formed, in which each leaf represents a class of objects with a distinctive color. To facilitate the data organization, image background is employed in segmentation and channels fusion. The bintree energy segmentation exploits color information involved in all channels data and tries to optimize the global segmentation result by choosing the ＂best＂ channel for segmentation at each level. The experiments show that the method is effective in speed, accuracy and flexibility.     

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…     

Deformable Registration of MR Brains with Best Features

Introduction Deformable registration is very important formedical image analysis and so far various methodshave been proposed in decades[1-4]. HAMMER reg-istration algorithm[5]defines an attribute vector in-cluding intensity, edge type, and geometric mo-ment invariants as a signature of each point, to re-duce ambiguity in correspondence matching duringthe image registration. Another characteristic ofHAMMER is the hierarchical matching mecha-nism, which helps avoid the warping being trapped…     

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在基于数字图像处理的车牌识别技术的研究过程中,因为车牌定位和字符分割一般都是基于车牌区域的二值化结果进行的,因此对图像的二值化是非常关键的一步,二值化的效果直接影响到后面的车牌定位以及字符分割。二值化最主要的是阈值的确定,文章对比了几种常规的车牌图像全局阈值二值化处理算法,并重点分析了最大类间方差法和KSW 最大熵法的基本原理和微机仿真结果,发现用于车辆图片是这些方法不够理想,然后提出一种新的方法—基于图像直方图波形分析的车牌图像二值化处理算法,经过大量试验证明该算法在进行车牌图像二值化处理时效果非常理想。     

CT reconstruction with priori MRI images through multi-group datasets expansion

Computed tomography (CT) reconstruction with a well-registered priori magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image can improve reconstruction results with low-dose CT, because well-registered CT and MRI images have similar structures. However, in clinical settings, the CT image of patients does not always match the priori MRI image because of breathing and movement of patients during CT scanning. To improve the image quality in this case, multi-group datasets expansion is proposed in this paper. In our method, multi-group CT-MRI datasets are formed by expanding CT-MRI datasets. These expanded datasets can also be used by most existing CT-MRI algorithms and improve the reconstructed image quality when the CT image of a patient is not registered with the priori MRI image. In the experiments, we evaluate the performance of the algorithm by using multi-group CT-MRI datasets in several unregistered situations. Experiments show that when the CT and priori MRI images are not registered, the reconstruction results of using multi-group dataset expansion are better than those obtained without using the expansion.     

遗传算法在图像分割中的应用

图像分割是图像分析的预处理阶段,被认为是计算机视觉中的一个瓶颈.基于扩展的Otsu最优阈值图像分割方法,提出用一种改进遗传算法进行图像分割的方法,并给出了遗传算法中参数的设定.仿真结果表明,改进算法的计算速度不仅明显优于传统的Otsu方法,而且算法的分割效果也很好.     

基于头脑风暴优化的PCNN路面裂缝分割算法

为提升裂缝检测的分割精度和鲁棒性,基于头脑风暴优化（brainstorming optimization,BSO）和脉冲耦合神经网络（pulse coupled neural network,PCNN）,提出了一种路面裂缝图像分割算法（BSO-PCNN）. 该算法采用最大熵准则作为BSO算法的适应度函数,并依据适应度值决定参与次轮迭代的个体;BSO具有强收敛性,可快速确定最优个体解;结合图像特征,获得PCNN模型的最优参数,将其代入PCNN模型实现对裂缝图像的分割. 试验结果表明:算法可在20次迭代内取得不同类型路面裂缝图像的最大适应值,从而确定最佳分割参数;与Sobel边缘检测算法、PCNN图像分割算法、基于最大熵的遗传算法（genetic algorithm based on the maximun entropy of the histogram,GA-KSW）、基于遗传算法参数优化的PCNN分割算法（genetic algorithm based on the pulse coupled neural network,GA-PCNN）相比,BSO-PCNN算法取得了0.9924的区域一致性与0.0900的区域对比度.      

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.     

基于视觉注意机制 PCNN 模型的车牌 图像分割方法

车辆图像中车牌具有所占比例小、位置不固定、大小不一,以及分割易受光照影 响的特点.因此,车牌图像的分割始终是车辆跟踪、车辆识别等领域中的难点问题.针对以 上问题,本文提出了基于视觉注意机制脉冲耦合神经网络模型的车牌图像分割方法.该方 法将视觉注意机制中的数据驱动模式和任务驱动模式相结合. 数据驱动模式中,通过对 PCNN 模型细胞感受野功能的完善,使优化 PCNN 模型具有了尺度性和方向性.任务驱 动模式中,针对不同尺度的分割,利用组合不变矩和局部灰度熵,自适应地确定目标的特 征尺度和最佳尺度,并确定该目标最终的分割结果.经实验验证,该方法对车牌图像具有 较好的分割效果.     

基于MS-RG混合图像分割模型的道路检测研究

道路场景因其结构的多样性、纹理变化的复杂性和自然曝光的不稳定性,使得传统基于道路分割的道路检测方法大多存在信息冗余,并且存在边界丢失、模糊等质量问题.本文首先在道路图像上使用 Meanshift均值漂移算法,通过空间内的概率密度呈梯形上升去寻找局部最优,并搜索属于同一模点的像素然后生成获得超像素块.然后利用 Meanshift算法获得的聚类超像素块进行多种子点区域生长,规范生长规则,克服不能得到封闭边界的缺陷,改进道路图像的分割效果.实验结果表明,本文提出的模型适用性强,相比于传统方法有效地提升了分割准确性和实时性,可准确识别出图像中的道路信息,确保车辆能够行驶在可行驶区域上.     

沥青混合料CT图像分割技术及其效果分析

在最大类间方差法(OTSU法)的基础上,设计了环状分块方法,用以解决在处理路面芯样CT图像灰度图无明显双峰,目标集料颗粒与沥青胶浆背景分割的技术难题,并着重从图像分割效果方面设计试验,开展了评价研究.结果表明:采用环状分块和OTSU法相结合的改进算法,图像的分割质量明显提高.进一步与最佳阈值法(手动)相比较,采用粗集料...     

Automatic identification of cracks from borehole image under complicated geological conditions

Identifying cracks from the spread image of a borehole wall is one of the most common usages of borehole imaging method. The manual identification of cracks is time-consuming and can be easily influenced by objective judgment. In this study, firstly, the image translation from RGB color model to HSV color model is done to highlight the structural plane region, which is closer to the color recognition of human sight; secondly, the Saturation component is filtered for further processing and a twice segmentation method is proposed to improve the accuracy of automatic identification. The primary segmentation is based on the statistics of saturation over a longer borehole section and can give a rough estimation of a crack. Then, the pixels are shifted in the reverse direction to the sine curve estimated and make the centerline of the crack flat. Based on the shifted image, the secondary segmentation is done with a small rectangle region that takes the baseline of the roughly estimated crack as its centerline. The result of the secondary segmentation can give a correction to the first estimation. Through verifying this method with actual borehole image data, the result has shown that this method can identify cracks automatically under very complicated geological conditions.     

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.     

Unsupervised color-texture image segmentation

The measure J in J value segmentation （JSEG） fails to represent the discontinuity of color, which degrades the robustness and discrimination of JSEG. An improved approach for JSEG algorithm was proposed for unsupervised color-texture image segmentation. The texture and photometric invariant edge information were combined, which results in a discriminative measure for color-texture homogeneity. Based on the image whose pixel values are values of the new measure, region growing-merging algorithm used in JSEG was then employed to segment the image. Finally, experiments on a variety of real color images demonstrate performance improvement due to the proposed method.     

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…     

PULMONARY VESSEL EXTRACTION BASED ON COHERENCE DIFFUSION AND FAST MARCHING

Clinicalresearchshowsthattheanalysisofpul monaryvesselshelpidentifyingearlyfeaturesofre piratorypathologicchanges.Pulmonaryvesselex ractionplaysanimportantroleinmedicalimage processingandanalysis.Moreover,theresultsof vesselsegmentationprovideatoolforunde…     

基于云模糊理论的图像纹理分割

为了处理图像纹理的模糊性和随机性,基于云模糊理论提出了纹理特征矢量云模型,并成功地应用于纹理图像分割.该方法在对纹理统计描述符模糊化处理后,逆向生成纹理特征矢量云.矢量云模型的数字特征能够很好地表达纹理的模糊性和随机性,据此通过云距离计算及纹理特征矢量云生长,完成对图像纹理的分割.实验结果表明,该方法较经典的ISODATA算法和K-means簇算法的分割精度高,并且迭代收敛速度快.     

基于面向对象分类的密云县城区地面不透水程度分析

利用LandsatTM影像数据,试验了一种基于面向对象分类分析的城区地面不透水程度分析制图方法,包括：对城区多光谱遥感影像进行分割,对分割生成的影像对象层进行面向对象的分类,再在分类的层上执行基于分类的融合,从而获得城区与非城区分布范围的影像对象层;第2次分割影像,获得表示城区独立结构单元的完全不透水地面影像对象层,对该层进行面向对象的分类;第3次分割影像,获得表示城区不同地块的影像对象层,结合第1次和第2次影像分割对象层分类的特征信息对该层进行面向对象的分类,把城区地块按不透水程度大小进行分类;最后输出第3次分割的影像对象层分类结果图,即获得城区地面不透水程度分析图．试验结果表明,面向对象分娄暑一种i舌干分析珐区王lb．面不番水程唐的有张方法