Color image segmentation using pixel wise support vector machine classification

Image segmentation is an important tool in image processing and can serve as an efficient front end to sophisticated algorithms and thereby simplify subsequent processing. In this paper, we present a color image segmentation using pixel wise support vector machine (SVM) classification. Firstly, the pixel-level color feature and texture feature of the image, which is used as input of SVM model (classifier), are extracted via the local homogeneity model and Gabor filter. Then, the SVM model (classifier) is trained by using FCM with the extracted pixel-level features. Finally, the color image is segmented with the trained SVM model (classifier). This image segmentation not only can fully take advantage of the local information of color image, but also the ability of SVM classifier. Experimental evidence shows that the proposed method has a very effective segmentation results and computational behavior, and decreases the time and increases the quality of color image segmentation in comparison with the state-of-the-art segmentation methods recently proposed in the literature.     

Color image segmentation using automatic pixel classification with support vector machine

Automatic segmentation of images is a very challenging fundamental task in computer vision and one of the most crucial steps toward image understanding. In this paper, we present a color image segmentation using automatic pixel classification with support vector machine (SVM). First, the pixel-level color feature is extracted in consideration of human visual sensitivity for color pattern variations, and the image pixel's texture feature is represented via steerable filter. Both the pixel-level color feature and texture feature are used as input of SVM model (classifier). Then, the SVM model (classifier) is trained by using fuzzy c-means clustering (FCM) with the extracted pixel-level features. Finally, the color image is segmented with the trained SVM model (classifier). This image segmentation not only can fully take advantage of the local information of color image, but also the ability of SVM classifier. Experimental evidence shows that the proposed method has a very effective segmentation results and computational behavior, and decreases the time and increases the quality of color image segmentation in compare with the state-of-the-art segmentation methods recently proposed in the literature.     

基于特征散度的自适应FCM图像分割算法

图像分割是模式识别、图像理解、计算机视觉等领域的重要研究内容。基于模糊C均值聚类(FCM)的图像分割是应用较为广泛的方法之一,但其存在距离测度鲁棒性差、需预先给出初始聚类数目、未考虑图像局部相关特性等问题。为克服上述缺点,通过引入特征散度进行距离测度,并结合聚类有效性指数自适应确定初始聚类数目和根据Laws纹理测度提取图像特征等措施,提出了一种新的FCM图像分割算法。实验结果表明,该新算法可以有效地提高图像的分割效果(特别是纹理图像),其分割结果优于现有FCM图像分割方案。     

基于训练样本自动选取的SVM彩色图像分割方法

图像分割是模式识别、图像理解、计算机视觉等领域的重要研究内容。基于支持向量机((Support Vcctor Ma- chine, SVM)的方法现已广泛应用于图像分割,但其在训练样本的选取上大多是人工选择,这降低了图像分割的自适 应性,且影响了SVM的分类性能。提出一种基于训练样本自动选取的SVM彩色图像分割方法,算法首先使用模糊 C均值(Fuzzy C-Mcans, FCM)聚类算法自动获取训练样本,然后分别提取图像颜色特征和纹理特征,将其作为SVM 模型训练样本的特征属性进行训练,最后用训练好的分类器对图像进行分割。实验结果表明,提出的方法可取得很好 的分割结果。     

基于区域特征分析的快速FCM图像分割改进算法

提出一种基于图像区域特征估计聚类数的快速FCM图像分割算法。在算法的预测分析阶段, 利用由共生矩阵统计值所构成的特征矢量描述图像中区域特征并结合多个聚类有效性判定函数实现准确的聚类数估计和隶属度矩阵值的初始化。在主聚类阶段,采用Gabor滤波器提取的颜色纹理隐式混合特征进行聚类,不但能获得更加合理的区域分割质量,同时也具有较好的抗噪声能力。实验表明改进算法有效克服基于像素点级特征的FCM图像分割算法在聚类数估计和隶属度矩阵初始化方面的不足,加快FCM主聚类阶段的迭代速度,执行效率更高。     

基于多目标规划的模糊C均值聚类算法

模糊C均值聚类算法(FCM)是一种非常经典的非监督聚类技术,已被广泛地应用到医学图像分割。由于传统的FCM聚类算法在分割图像时仅利用了图像的灰度信息,未利用图像的空间信息,在分割叠加了噪声的磁共振(MR)图像时分割效果不理想。考虑到脑部MR图像真实的灰度值具有分片为常数的特性,按照合理利用图像空间信息的原则,对传统的FCM聚类算法进行了改进,引入多目标规划的概念,提出了一种新的,更加合理的应用图像空间信息的聚类算法。实验结果表明,应用该算法可以有效地分割含有噪声的图像。     

改进FCM和LFP相结合的白细胞图像分类

研究白细胞图像分类识别中有效的图像分割与特征提取方法,以提高白细胞图像的正确识别率.由于某些白细胞(粒细胞)中颗粒的存在,严重影响细胞核与细胞质区域的正确分割,通过将空间信息与核函数融入模糊C-均值聚类(FCM)算法,提出一种改进的FCM算法.应用该算法对白细胞图像进行分割,并采用数学形态学方法对分割后的图像进行处理,获得了很好的分割效果,解决了粒细胞的质核分割难题.对于细胞的纹理特征提取,通过对局部二值模式(LBP)中阈值参数的模糊化,建立了基于局部模糊模式(LFP)的纹理特征提取算法.运用本文方法进行图像分割和纹理提取,以支持向量机作为分类器,对CellAtlas的100幅白细胞图像进行了分类识别的实验,结果表明白细胞的正确识别率达到93％.     

基于隶属度光滑约束的模糊C均值聚类算法

传统的FCM聚类算法未利用图像的空间信息,在分割叠加了噪声的MR图像时分割效果不理想。本文考虑到脑部MR图像真实的灰度值具有分片为常数的特性,按照合理利用图像空间信息的原则,对传统的FCM聚类算法进行了改进,增加了使隶属度趋向于分片光滑的约束项,得到了新的聚类算法。通过对模拟脑部MR图像和临床脑部MR图像的分割实验结果表明,本文提出的新算法比传统的FCM算法等多种图像分割算法有更精确的图像分割能力,并且运算简单、运算速度快、稳健性好。     

基于语义的图像低层可视特征提取及应用

为实现图像低层可视特征提取及其智能语义推理,从遥感图像解译入手,结合灰度共生矩阵和模糊C均值分类器提取图像纹理特征。构造基于灰度形态学的多尺度多结构元素边缘检测算子,提取特征知识。构建基于断层带的多源地学数据语义推理模型。以成都附近的断层为研究对象,进行语义推理验证,其解译结果与专家实地解译情况相符,初步验证该模型的可行性,使图像的机器分析结果更加贴近专业人员的目视解译,为地学研究数字化和遥感图像解译信息化提供参考。     

使用模糊竞争Hopfield网络进行图像分割

针对传统自组织竞争学习方法的不足,将模糊竞争学习引入竞争Hopfield网络中,由此设计了一个用于图像分割的模糊竞争Hopfield网络,通过将图像空间映射到灰度特征空间,实现灰度特征集的模糊聚类,进而实现图像分割.实验结果表明:对于二值分割,与Ostu方法相比,此算法在分割效果和对噪声的自适应能力方面具有明显的优点.对于多类分割,此算法比目前的FCM(fuzzy C mean)算法的处理速度要快.     

基于全变分模型的自适应FCM图像分割

针对模糊C均值(FCM)算法对噪声敏感的缺点,在FCM目标函数中引入全变分惩罚函数,提出一种基于全变分模型的FCM图像分割方法。该方法根据图像的纹理变化,自适应调整图像保真项的惩罚因子,同时在考虑分割代价的情况下,使迭代循环过程中的图像噪声得到平滑。实验结果表明,该方法能提高图像的分割效果,有效解决噪声抑制与精确分割之间的矛盾。     

基于目标区域的语义图像检索

提出了一种基于高层语义的图像检索方法,该方法首先将图像分割成区域,提取每个区域的颜色、形状、位置特征,然后使用这些特征对图像对象进行聚类,得到每幅图像的语义特征向量;采用模糊C均值算法对图像进行聚类,在图像检索时,查询图像和聚类中心比较,然后在距离最小的类中进行检索。实验表明,提出的方法可以明显提高检索效率,缩小低层特征和高层语义之间的“语义鸿沟”。     

粒子群算法优化归一化划分的彩色图像分割

为克服谱聚类算法求解归一化彩色图像划分时计算复杂度高、寻优能力差的不足,先对彩色图像各通道进行模糊C均值聚类,综合各通道聚类结果获得待分割图像,构造无向带权图;再使用二进制离散化粒子群算法替代谱聚类算法求解归一化划分准则的最小值,最后通过最优粒子获得分割结果。实验表明该方法耗时少,能完整准确地提取彩色图像中的目标。     

Hybridized approach of image segmentation in classification of fruit mango using BPNN and discriminant analyzer

In machine learning, image classification accuracy generally depends on image segmentation and feature extraction methods with the extracted features and its qualities. The main focus of this paper is to determine the defected area of mangoes using image segmentation algorithm for improving the classification accuracy. The Enhanced Fuzzy based K-means clustering algorithm is designed for increasing the efficiency of segmentation. Proposed segmentation method is compared with K-means and Fuzzy C-means clustering methods. The geometric, texture and colour based features are used in the feature extraction. Process of feature selection is done by Maximally Correlated Principal Component Analysis (MCPCA). Finally, in the classification step, severe portions of the affected area are analyzed by Backpropagation Based Discriminant Classifier (BBDC). Proposed classifier is compared with BPNN and Naive Bayes classifiers. The images are classified into three classes in final output like Class A –good quality mango, Class B-average quality mango, and Class C-poor quality mango. Finally, the evaluated results of the proposed model examine various defected and healthy mango images and prove that the proposed method has the highest accuracy when compared with existing methods.

     

基于模糊认知图的图像压缩域肤色检测方法

传统肤色检测方法无法同时保证较高的检测精度及较快的处理速度。为此,提出一种基于模糊认知图的图像压缩域肤色检测方法。在熵解码的离散余弦变换系数中,提取图像块的颜色特征和纹理特征,利用模糊认知图建立用于表征压缩域图像特征与肤色检测结果之间关系的肤色模型,采用该模型进行肤色检测实验。结果表明,与传统方法相比,该方法检测准确率更高,所需检测时间更短。     

基于QPSO算法的图像颜色分割*

目前不同种类的纹理区域组成的彩色图像分割还是一个难点。当一幅图像中包含相似的和（或）非固定的纹理区域时,难以计算出精确的纹理区域和分割区域的最优数目。描述了基于量子行为的微粒群优化算法（QPSO）的图像颜色分割方法,把图像分割问题看作一个最优化问题并且采用QPSO的进化策略聚类颜色特征空间中的区域。QPSO不仅参数个数少、随机性强,并且能覆盖所有解空间,保证算法的全局收敛。给出了三幅图像的分割效果,证明了QPSO算法在自动的和无监督的纹理分割上具有很好的效果。     

一种基于FCM的医学图像检索方法与实现

针对医学内窥镜图像,提出两种基于模糊C-均值聚类(FCM)的特征融合算法:融合颜色相关图和图像纹理特征算法以及融合颜色直方图和颜色相关图算法。据此,实现了一个图像检索的原型系统,依据所设计的评价实验,并对实验结果进行了比较和分析。实验表明,基于FCM的融合颜色相关图和纹理特征的特征融合算法,在基于内容的医学内窥镜图像检索中,具有相对较好的检索效果。     

Segmentation of psoriasis vulgaris images using multiresolution-based orthogonal subspace techniques.

In this paper, a method is proposed for the segmentation of color images using a multiresolution-based signature subspace classifier (MSSC) with application to psoriasis images. The essential techniques consist of feature extraction and image segmentation (classification) methods. In this approach, the fuzzy texture spectrum and the two-dimensional fuzzy color histogram in the hue-saturation space are first adopted as the feature vector to locate homogeneous regions in the image. Then these regions are used to compute the signature matrices for the orthogonal subspace classifier to obtain a more accurate segmentation. To reduce the computational requirement, the MSSC has been developed. In the experiments, the method is quantitatively evaluated by using a similarity function and compared with the well-known LS-SVM method. The results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively segment psoriasis images. The proposed approach can also be applied to general color texture segmentation applications.     

Fuzzy C-mean based brain MRI segmentation algorithms

Brain image segmentation is one of the most important parts of clinical diagnostic tools. Fuzzy C-mean (FCM) is one of the most popular clustering based segmentation methods. In this paper, a review of the FCM based segmentation algorithms for brain MRI images is presented. The review covers algorithms for FCM based segmentation algorithms, their comparative evaluations based on reported results and the result of experiments for neighborhood based extensions for FCM.