Fuzzy Mode Enhancement and Detection for Color Image Segmentation

This work lies within the scope of color image segmentation by pixel classification. The classes of pixels are constructed by detecting the modes of the spatial-color compactness function, which characterizes the image by taking into account both the distribution of colors in the color space and the...

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Main Authors: Ludovic Macaire, Claudine Botte-Lecocq, Olivier Losson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2008-05-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/542378
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Summary:This work lies within the scope of color image segmentation by pixel classification. The classes of pixels are constructed by detecting the modes of the spatial-color compactness function, which characterizes the image by taking into account both the distribution of colors in the color space and their spatial location in the image plane. A fuzzy transformation of this function is performed, based on fuzzy morphological operators specifically designed for mode detection. Experimental segmentation results, using several synthetic and benchmark images, show the interest of the proposed method.
ISSN:1687-5176
1687-5281