scholarly journals Asphalt Pavement Pothole Detection and Segmentation Based on Wavelet Energy Field

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penghui Wang ◽  
Yongbiao Hu ◽  
Yong Dai ◽  
Mingrui Tian
Keyword(s):  
Field Model ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Morphological Processing ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Maintenance Strategies ◽  
Energy Field ◽  
Wavelet Energy ◽  
Markov Random ◽  
Network Maintenance ◽  
Pothole Detection

Potholes are one type of pavement surface distresses whose assessment is essential for developing road network maintenance strategies. Existing methods for automatic pothole detection either rely on expensive and high-maintenance equipment or could not segment the pothole accurately. In this paper, an asphalt pavement pothole detection and segmentation method based on energy field is put forward. The proposed method mainly includes two processes. Firstly, the wavelet energy field of the pavement image is constructed to detect the pothole by morphological processing and geometric criterions. Secondly, the detected pothole is segmented by Markov random field model and the pothole edge is extracted accurately. This methodology has been implemented in a MATLAB prototype, trained, and tested on 120 pavement images. The results show that it can effectively distinguish potholes from cracks, patches, greasy dirt, shadows, and manhole covers and accurately segment the pothole. For pothole detection, the method reaches an overall accuracy of 86.7%, with 83.3% precision and 87.5% recall. For pothole segmentation, the overlap degree between the extracted pothole region and the original pothole region is mostly more than 85%, which accounts for 88.6% of the total detected pavement pothole images.

scholarly journals A Multiobjective Piglet Image Segmentation Method Based on an Improved Noninteractive GrabCut Algorithm

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feilong Kang ◽  
Chunguang Wang ◽  
Jia Li ◽  
Zheying Zong
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Structural Similarity ◽  
Morphological Processing ◽  
Video Monitoring ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Time Requirements ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Grabcut Algorithm

In the video monitoring of piglets in pig farms, study of the precise segmentation of foreground objects is the work of advanced research on target tracking and behavior recognition. In view of the noninteractive and real-time requirements of such a video monitoring system, this paper proposes a method of image segmentation based on an improved noninteractive GrabCut algorithm. The functions of preserving edges and noise reduction are realized through bilateral filtering. An adaptive threshold segmentation method is used to calculate the local threshold and to complete the extraction of the foreground target. The image is simplified by morphological processing; the background interference pixels, such as details in the grille and wall, are filtered, and the foreground target marker matrix is established. The GrabCut algorithm is used to split the pixels of multiple foreground objects. By comparing the segmentation results of various algorithms, the results show that the segmentation algorithm proposed in this paper is efficient and accurate, and the mean range of structural similarity is [0.88, 1]. The average processing time is 1606 ms, and this method satisfies the real-time requirement of an agricultural video monitoring system. Feature vectors such as edges and central moments are calculated and the database is well established for feature extraction and behavior identification. This method provides reliable foreground segmentation data for the intelligent early warning of a video monitoring system.

Texture Image Segmentation Based on MRMRF in Contourlet Domain

2012 ◽  
Vol 532-533 ◽  
pp. 732-737
Author(s):  
Xi Jie Wang ◽  
Xiao Fan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Field Model ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Texture Image ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Unsupervised Segmentation ◽  
Markov Random Field Model ◽  
Markov Random ◽  
Texture Image Segmentation

This paper presents a new multi-resolution Markov random field model in Contourlet domain for unsupervised texture image segmentation. In order to make full use of the merits of Contourlet transformation, we introduce the taditional MRMRF model into Contourlet domain, in a manner of variable interation between two components in the tradtional MRMRF model. Using this method, the new model can automatically estimate model parameters and produce accurate unsupervised segmentation results. The results obtained on synthetic texture images and remote sensing images demonstrate that a better segmentation is achieved by our model than the traditional MRMRF model.

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