Data-driven hair segmentation with isomorphic manifold inference

Hair segmentation is challenging due to the diverse appearance, irregular region boundary and the influence of complex background. To deal with this problem, we propose a novel data-driven method, named Isomorphic Manifold Inference (IMI). The IMI method assumes the coarse probability map and the binary segmentation map as a couple of isomorphic manifolds and tries to learn hair specific priors from manually labeled training images. For an input image, firstly, the method calculates a coarse probability map. Then it exploits regression techniques to obtain the relationship between the coarse probability map of the test image and those of training images. Finally, this relationship, i.e., a coefficient set, is transferred to the binary segmentation maps and a soft segmentation of the test image will be achieved by a linear combination of those binary maps. Further, we employ this soft segmentation as a shape cue and integrate it with color and texture cues into a unified segmentation framework. A better segmentation is achieved by the Graph Cuts optimization. Extensive experiments are conducted to validate effectiveness of the IMI method, compare contributions of different cues and investigate the generalization of IMI method. The results strongly encourage our method.     

Automatic moment segmentation and peak detection analysis of heart sound pattern via short-time modified Hilbert transform

This paper proposes a novel automatic method for the moment segmentation and peak detection analysis of heart sound (HS) pattern, with special attention to the characteristics of the envelopes of HS and considering the properties of the Hilbert transform (HT). The moment segmentation and peak location are accomplished in two steps. First, by applying the Viola integral waveform method in the time domain, the envelope (E_T) of the HS signal is obtained with an emphasis on the first heart sound (S1) and the second heart sound (S2). Then, based on the characteristics of the E_T and the properties of the HT of the convex and concave functions, a novel method, the short-time modified Hilbert transform (STMHT), is proposed to automatically locate the moment segmentation and peak points for the HS by the zero crossing points of the STMHT. A fast algorithm for calculating the STMHT of E_T can be expressed by multiplying the E_T by an equivalent window (W_E). According to the range of heart beats and based on the numerical experiments and the important parameters of the STMHT, a moving window width of N = 1 s is validated for locating the moment segmentation and peak points for HS. The proposed moment segmentation and peak location procedure method is validated by sounds from Michigan HS database and sounds from clinical heart diseases, such as a ventricular septal defect (VSD), an aortic septal defect (ASD), Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), rheumatic heart disease (RHD), and so on. As a result, for the sounds where S2 can be separated from S1, the average accuracies achieved for the peak of S1 (AP₁), the peak of S2 (AP₂), the moment segmentation points from S1 to S2 (AT₁₂) and the cardiac cycle (ACC) are 98.53%, 98.31% and 98.36% and 97.37%, respectively. For the sounds where S1 cannot be separated from S2, the average accuracies achieved for the peak of S1 and S2 (AP₁₂) and the cardiac cycle ACC are 100% and 96.69%.     

Teeth segmentation of dental periapical radiographs based on local singularity analysis

Teeth segmentation for periapical raidographs is one of the most critical tasks for effective periapical lesion or periodontitis detection, as both types of anomalies usually occur around tooth boundaries and dental radiographs are often subject to noise, low contrast, and uneven illumination. In this paper, we propose an effective scheme to segment each tooth in periapical radiographs. The method consists of four stages: image enhancement using adaptive power law transformation, local singularity analysis using Hölder exponent, tooth recognition using Otsu's thresholding and connected component analysis, and tooth delineation using snake boundary tracking and morphological operations. Experimental results of 28 periapical radiographs containing 106 teeth in total and 75 useful for dental examination demonstrate that 105 teeth are successfully isolated and segmented, and the overall mean segmentation accuracy of all 75 useful teeth in terms of (TP, FP) is (0.8959, 0.0093) with standard deviation (0.0737, 0.0096), respectively.     

基于各向异性滤波和空间FCM的MRI图像分割方法

针对具复杂目标和边界模糊的MRI图像中多感兴趣区域的分割中分割MRI图像软组织难的问题, 提出了一种基于各向异性滤波和空间模糊C-均值聚类(SFCM)的MRI图像分割方法; 用新型各向异性滤波对图像进行预处理, 解决去噪平滑的同时弱化图像细节的问题; 用邻域空间信息设计空间函数, 改进传统FCM的目标函数; 用图像的空间信息实现图像各目标准确分类、有效解决孤立区域的正确归类问题, 进而使分割区域完整; 用直方图拟合曲线初始化分类数和初始聚类中心, 加快算法迭代到最优解, 进而减少运行时间。通过实验证实了各向异性滤波和空间FCM的MRI图像分割方法的综合应用显著提高了分割灰度重叠、目标不连续和目标边界模糊的MRI图像的分割效果。     

基于条件随机场的低图像质量车牌字符分割

提出一种基于条件随机场的车牌字符分割算法,能够对光照不均、相机拍摄角度造成的低图像质量的车牌图像,特别是日益增多的车牌边框与字符相连接车牌图像进行有效的字符分割。算法首先进行车牌图像校正,然后利用标注车牌数据进行模型学习,对车牌图像像素列进行分类识别,最后组合成车牌字符分割结果。理论分析与实验结果验证了算法的有效性。     

印刷哈萨克斯拉夫粘连字符的切分方法

哈萨克斯拉夫图像文本经过行切分和列切分后,存在水平方向接触和垂直方向重叠的粘连字符。为提高字符识别率,依据字符连通域的最小外接矩形切分开垂直方向重叠的粘连字符图像块;利用判决条件:字符宽度概率密度分布图、字符图像块垂直投影的波峰数目和字符图像块垂直投影波峰的对称性,分离初始粘连字符图像块中正确的单个字符图像块和实际接触的粘连字符图像块;在允许的字符宽度范围内,寻找粘连字符图像垂直投影图的极小值点,以切分实际接触的粘连字符。实验结果表明,该方法泛化能力较好且识别率有明显提高。     

改进的GrabCut方法在舌诊系统中的应用

数字舌象图片的正确分割是实现计算机中医舌诊自动化系统的重要前提,为了高效而准确地分割出舌象,提出了一种基于四叉树与GrabCut的舌象分割方法.该方法首先利用四叉树分解对采集的舌象初分割,然后用相似区域的颜色均值优化GrabCut算法中高斯混合模型参数,最终完成舌象分割.实验结果表明：该算法使得舌象分割效率大大提高,具有很好的实用性.     

用于光刻系统仿真的多边形处理算法

为提高光刻仿真效率,通过对光刻原理进行研究,提出了2种多边形处理算法,将掩模上的多边形图案进行切分优化,将其划分成若干矩形或三角形。在Linux环境下应用C语言设计出一个完整的光刻仿真系统,设计的具体光学参数为:光源波长为193nm,数值孔径为0.3~0.8,部分相干系数可调范围为0.2~0.8,可一次性仿真1μm×1μm到10μm×10μm范围内的45 nm~0.18μm工艺的复杂版图,并通过多次实验进行验证。实验结果表明:原版图图像的边缘细节得到保留,且该算法有效地减少了光刻模拟的计算复杂度与计算时间,整体效率提升20%以上,为当前智能传感器系统芯片的制造节省了宝贵时间。     

树突细胞算法在线分析组件的研究

原始树突状细胞算法（DCA）的离线分析过程,将会导致时间差异,从而产生假警报,增加了虚警率,也会导致攻击的成功发生,这对一个人侵检测系统来说是致命的。因此,文中的目的就是在不影响检测精度的前提下提高检测速度。于是文中提出了分片思想的在线分析组件与DCA相集成的方法,即根据抗原采样数量或者时间将一系列已处理的信息分割成为更小的部分,使得每个分片独立地进行实时的、周期性的分析,这样在每个分片内的入侵攻击就能及时地被识别出来。文中给出了DCA在线分析模块的伪代码描述,并且将其应用于SYN端口扫描的检测实验中。结果表明,DCA在线分析模块在不影响检测精度的前提下有效地提高了检测速度。     

局部自适应复合绝缘子检测与憎水性分类网络

憎水性等级(Hydrophobicity Class,HC)是衡量绝缘子性能的重要指标之一。在实际环境的多种因素作用下绝缘子伞裙表面存在局部憎水性差异,为了准确识别绝缘子的性能,本文提出了一种基于深度学习的局部自适应绝缘子检测与憎水性分类模型。首先,通过绝缘子分割模块分离绝缘子与背景区域,为后续针对绝缘子区域的操作提供分割信息;然后将绝缘子区域划分为固定大小的图像块,在缩小分辨率减小运算难度的同时保留了绝缘子表面的细节信息;最后通过憎水性分类模块分析图像块内绝缘子的憎水性。实验使用巡检维护现场的绝缘子图片作为样本集,分阶段构建模型,分别对分割阶段和憎水性分类阶段的准确性进行评估。实验结果显示分割阶段模块能有效识别绝缘子和背景区域,交叉验证的测试集准确率均大于97.21%,并且憎水性分类阶段模块能准确分析绝缘子憎水性,对140幅测试图片的识别准确率达到98.65%。经过实验证明本文提出的模型在复杂自然环境中检测绝缘子性能是一种有效的解决方案。