scholarly journals A Multiscale CNN-CRF Framework for Environmental Microorganism Image Segmentation

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Jinghua Zhang ◽  
Chen Li ◽  
Frank Kulwa ◽  
Xin Zhao ◽  
Changhao Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Conditional Random Field ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Recall Accuracy ◽  
Evaluation Indexes ◽  
Segmentation Quality ◽  
Segmentation Approach ◽  
Overall Evaluation

To assist researchers to identify Environmental Microorganisms (EMs) effectively, a Multiscale CNN-CRF (MSCC) framework for the EM image segmentation is proposed in this paper. There are two parts in this framework: The first is a novel pixel-level segmentation approach, using a newly introduced Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), namely, “mU-Net-B3”, with a dense Conditional Random Field (CRF) postprocessing. The second is a VGG-16 based patch-level segmentation method with a novel “buffer” strategy, which further improves the segmentation quality of the details of the EMs. In the experiment, compared with the state-of-the-art methods on 420 EM images, the proposed MSCC method reduces the memory requirement from 355 MB to 103 MB, improves the overall evaluation indexes (Dice, Jaccard, Recall, Accuracy) from 85.24%, 77.42%, 82.27%, and 96.76% to 87.13%, 79.74%, 87.12%, and 96.91%, respectively, and reduces the volume overlap error from 22.58% to 20.26%. Therefore, the MSCC method shows great potential in the EM segmentation field.

State-of-the-Art: A Systematic Literature Review on Image Segmentation in Latent Fingerprint Forensics

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megha Chhabra ◽  
Manoj Kumar Shukla ◽  
Kiran Kumar Ravulakollu
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Background Noise ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Recognition Rate ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Latent Fingerprint ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
Finger Skin

: Latent fingerprints are unintentional finger skin impressions left as ridge patterns at crime scenes. A major challenge in latent fingerprint forensics is the poor quality of the lifted image from the crime scene. Forensics investigators are in permanent search of novel outbreaks of the effective technologies to capture and process low quality image. The accuracy of the results depends upon the quality of the image captured in the beginning, metrics used to assess the quality and thereafter level of enhancement required. The low quality of the image collected by low quality scanners, unstructured background noise, poor ridge quality, overlapping structured noise result in detection of false minutiae and hence reduce the recognition rate. Traditionally, Image segmentation and enhancement is partially done manually using help of highly skilled experts. Using automated systems for this work, differently challenging quality of images can be investigated faster. This survey amplifies the comparative study of various segmentation techniques available for latent fingerprint forensics.

Comparison of Thresholding and Edge Detection Segmentation Techniques

2013 ◽  
Vol 860-863 ◽  
pp. 2783-2786
Author(s):  
Yu Bing Dong ◽  
Hai Yan Wang ◽  
Ming Jing Li
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Root Mean Square Error ◽  
Edge Detection ◽  
Mean Square Error ◽  
Root Mean Square ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Segmentation Algorithms

Edge detection and thresholding segmentation algorithms are presented and tested with variety of grayscale images in different fields. In order to analyze and evaluate the quality of image segmentation, Root Mean Square Error is used. The smaller error value is, the better image segmentation effect is. The experimental results show that a segmentation method is not suitable for all images segmentation.

Hybrid Image Segmentation Within a Computer Vision Hierarchy

1993 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-64
Author(s):  
Ray Thomas ◽  
Fariborz Zahedi
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Vision System ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Generic Model ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Segmentation Approach ◽  
Edge Based

Hybrid image segmentation within a computer vision hierarchy A generic model of a computer vision system is presented which highlights the critical role of image segmentation. A hybrid segmentation approach, utilising both edge-based and region-based techniques, is proposed for improved quality of segmentation. An image segmentation architecture is outlined and test results are presented and discussed.

Performance Assessment of Sky Segmentation Approaches for UAVs

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (04) ◽  
pp. 1950023
Author(s):  
Ahmed S. Mashaly
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Segmentation Approach ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Computer Vision Systems ◽  
Overall Performance

Image segmentation is one of the most challenging research fields for both image analysis and interpretation. The applications of image segmentation could be found as the primary step in various computer vision systems. Therefore, the choice of a reliable and accurate segmentation method represents a non-trivial task. Since the selected image segmentation method influences the overall performance of the remaining system steps, sky segmentation appears as a vital step for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) autonomous obstacle avoidance missions. In this paper, we are going to introduce a comprehensive literature survey of the different types of image segmentation methodology followed by a detailed illustration of the general-purpose methods and the state-of-art sky segmentation approaches. In addition, we introduce an improved version of our previously published work for sky segmentation purpose. The performance of the proposed sky segmentation approach is compared with various image segmentation approaches using different parameters and datasets. For performance assessment, we test our approach under different situations and compare its performance with commonly used approaches in terms of several assessment indexes. From the experimental results, the proposed method gives promising results compared with the other image segmentation approaches.

scholarly journals AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF SEEDS FOR RANDOM WALKER BY SEEDED WATERSHED TRANSFORM FOR TUNA IMAGE SEGMENTATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moch Zawaruddin Abdullah ◽  
Dinial Utami Nurul Qomariah ◽  
Lafnidita Farosanti ◽  
Agus Zainal Arifin
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Image Classification ◽  
Misclassification Error ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Automatic Determination ◽  
Tuna Fish ◽  
Watershed Transform ◽  
Random Walker

Tuna fish image classification is an important part to sort out the type and quality of the tuna based upon the shape. The image of tuna should have good segmentation results before entering the classification stage. It has uneven lighting and complex texture resulting in inappropriate segmentation. This research proposed method of automatic determination seeded random walker in the watershed region for tuna image segmentation. Random walker is a noise-resistant segmentation method that requires two types of seeds defined by the user, the seed pixels for background and seed pixels for the object. We evaluated the proposed method on 30 images of tuna using relative foreground area error (RAE), misclassification error (ME), and modified Hausdroff distances (MHD) evaluation methods with values of 4.38%, 1.34% and 1.11%, respectively. This suggests that the seeded random walker method is more effective than exiting methods for tuna image segmentation.

scholarly journals Skin Lesion Segmentation using Deep Hypercolumn Descriptors

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhanesh Ramachandram ◽  
Graham W. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Skin Lesion ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Jaccard Index ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Lesion Segmentation ◽  
Malignant Skin

We present a image segmentation method based on deep hypercolumndescriptors which produces state-of-the-art results for thesegmentation of several classes of benign and malignant skin lesions.We achieve a Jaccard index of 0.792 on the 2017 ISIC SkinLesion Segmentation Challenge dataset.

scholarly journals SAR Image Segmentation Based on Improved Grey Wolf Optimization Algorithm and Fuzzy C-Means

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Q. Li ◽  
L. P. Xu ◽  
Na Xu ◽  
Tao Huang ◽  
Bo Yan
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Differential Evolution ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Sar Image ◽  
Grey Wolf ◽  
Grey Wolf Optimization ◽  
Fcm Algorithm ◽  
Fuzzy C Means ◽  
Sar Image Segmentation ◽  
Segmentation Approach

An improved Grey Wolf Optimization (GWO) algorithm with differential evolution (DEGWO) combined with fuzzy C-means for complex synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image segmentation was proposed for the disadvantages of traditional optimization and fuzzy C-means (FCM) in image segmentation precision. In the process of image segmentation based on FCM algorithm, the number of clusters and initial centers estimation is regarded as a search procedure that searches for an appropriate value in a greyscale interval. Hence, an improved differential evolution Grey Wolf Optimization (DE-GWO) algorithm is introduced to search for the optimal initial centers; then the image segmentation approach which bases its principle on FCM algorithm will get a better result. Experimental results in this work infers that both the precision and efficiency of the proposed method are superior to those of the state of the art.

A Crack Segmentation Approach Using the Combination of Gray Thresholds and Fractal Feature

2012 ◽  
Vol 487 ◽  
pp. 622-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Song Yang ◽  
Long Tan Shao ◽  
Xiao Xia Guo ◽  
Xiao Liu ◽  
Bo Ya Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Fractal Geometry ◽  
Contour Detection ◽  
Crack Identification ◽  
Gray Level ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Constraint Condition ◽  
Segmentation Approach ◽  
Initial Segmentation ◽  
Crack Contour

A segmentation method of combining gray-level threshold and fractal feature for crack images is proposed, and the fractal law for the perimeter and area of the target is introduced as the constraint condition for the image segmentation of crack. At first, Otsu algorithm is used for the initial segmentation of the crack image, and then the edge of crack is optimized in accordance with fractal law. At last, boundary of crack is determined, and the final result of the image segmentation is obtained. This method makes full use of the fractal geometry law and image information, to effectively solve the problems such as crack contour detection, regional connection and cross crack identification. Several typical examples are analyzed, and the results show that this method has a good segmentation effect on crack images, and it can also be used to identify the other images which have fractal feature.

scholarly journals Generation of Homogeneous Slope Units Using a Novel Object-Oriented Multi-Resolution Segmentation Method

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 3422
Author(s):  
Yange Li ◽  
Jianhua He ◽  
Fang Chen ◽  
Zheng Han ◽  
Weidong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Landslide Susceptibility ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Novel Object ◽  
Digital Elevation

The generation of map units is a fundamental step for an appropriate assessment of landslide susceptibility. Recent studies have indicated that the terrain relief-based slope units perform better in homogeneity compared with the grid units. However, it is difficult at present to generate high-precision and high-matching slope units by traditional methods. The problem commonly concentrates in the plain areas without obvious terrain reliefs and the junction of sudden changes in terrain. In this paper, we propose a novel object-oriented segmentation method for generating homogeneous slope units. Herein, the multi-resolution segmentation algorithm in the image processing field is introduced, enabling the integration of terrain boundary conditions and image segmentation conditions in slope units. In order to illustrate the performances of the proposed method, Kitakyushu region in Japan is selected as a case study. The results show that the proposed method generates satisfactory slope units that satisfactorily reproduce the actual terrain relief, with the best within-unit and between-unit homogeneities compared with the previous methods, in particular at the plain areas. We also verify the effectiveness of the presented method through the sensitivity analysis using different resolutions of digital elevation models (DEMs) data of the region. It is reported that the presented approach is notably advanced in the requirements of the quality of DEM data, as the presented approach is less sensitive to DEM spatial resolution compared with other available methods.

scholarly journals An Advanced Road Structure Image Segmentation Method using Swt in Cnn

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2S3) ◽  
pp. 114-118
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Image Segmentation ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Learning Phase ◽  
Convolution Neural Network ◽  
Aerial Images ◽  
Aerial Image ◽  
Segmentation Method ◽  
Stroke Width ◽  
Segmentation Approach

In this paper, the design of advanced road structure image segmentation approach using stroke width transformation (SWT) in convolution neural network (CNN) is proposed. The main intent of the proposed system is to acquire the aerial images for the vehicle. Basically, this image segmentation performs its operation in two forms they are operating phase and learning phase. Here the aerial image has enhanced by using the SWT transformation. Hence the main advantage of this proposes system is that it processes the entire operation in simple way with high speed. The SWT will capture the images of road areas in effective way. Hence the propose system has various features which will determine the color, width and many other.

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