ppt on region segmentation by ajay kumar singh (nitk)
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REGION-BASED IMAGE SEGMENTATION
ByAjay Kumar Singh
Overview
Definition Need of segmentation Classification of methods Region based segmentation
Definition
Segmentation refers to the process of partitioning a image into multiple regions.
Regions:- A group of connected pixels with similar properties.
Regions are used to interpret images. A region may correspond to a particular object, or different parts of an object.
In most cases, segmentation should provide a set of regions having the following properties Connectivity and compactness Regularity of boundaries Homogeneity in terms of color or texture Differentiation from neighbor regions
Need of segmentation The goal of segmentation is to simplify the
representation of an image into something that is more meaningful and easier to analyze.
Image segmentation is typically used to locate objects and boundaries in images.
For correct interpretation, image must be partitioned into regions that correspond to objects or parts of an object.
Basic Formulation
Let R represent the entire image region. We want to partition R into n sub regions, R1, R2, . . ., Rn, such that:
(a) Summation of Ri =R (b) Ri is a connected region for i=1, 2, . . , n (c) Ri intersection Rj =φ for all i and j , I≠ j (d) P(Ri) = TRUE for i=1, 2, . . . n (e) P( Ri summation Rj)= False , i ≠ j
Basic Formulation
(a) segmentation must be complete – all pixels must belong to a region (b) pixels in a region must be connected (c) Regions must be disjoint (d) states that pixels in a region must all share the
same property – The logic predicate P(Ri) over a region must return
TRUE for each point in that region (e) indicates that regions are different in the sense of the predicate P.
Segmentation Effect
Region Segmented Image
Approaches to segmentation Region based approaches
group together pixels with similar properties
combining proximity and similarity
Classification
Region based approaches are based on pixel properties such as
Homogeneity Spatial proximity
The most used methods are Thresholding Clustering Region growing Split and merge
Pixel Aggregation (Region Growing) The basic idea is to grow from a seed pixel
At a labeled pixel, check each of its neighbors If its attributes are similar to those of the already labeled
pixel,label the neighbor accordingly Repeat until there is no more pixel that can be labeled
For example, let The attribute of a pixel is its pixel value The similarity is defined as the difference between
adjacent pixel values If the difference is smaller than a threshold, they are
assigned to the same region, otherwise not
Region Growing : Algorithm
a) Chose or determined a group of seed pixel which can correctly represent the required region;
b) Fixed the formula which can contain the adjacent pixels in the growth;
c) Made rules or conditions to stop the growth process
Region Split and Merge
After segmentation the regions may need to be refined or reformed. Split operation adds missing boundaries by splitting regions that contain
part of different objects. Merge operation eliminates false boundaries and spurious regions by
merging adjacent regions that belong to the same object.
Split-and-merge in a hierarchical data structure
Algorithm: Region Splitting Form initial region in the image For each region in an image,
recursively perform: Compute the variance in the gray values for
the region If the variance is above a threshold, split the
region along the appropriate boundary
If some property of a region is not constant Regular decomposition Methods: divide the region
into a fixed number of equal-sized regions.
Algorithm: Region Merging(1) Form initial regions in the image using thresholding ( or
a similar approach) followed by component labeling. (2) Prepare a region adjacency graph (RAG) for the image. (3) For each region in an image, perform the following
steps: (a) Consider its adjacent region and test to see if they are similar. (b) For regions that are similar, merge them and modify the RAG.
(4) Repeat step 3 until no regions are merged.
Applications
In image compression Object recognition Computer graphics Medical Imaging MPEG-4 video object (VO) segmentation
References[1] Rafael C. Gonzalez and Richard E. woods “DIGITAL
IMAGE PROCESSING,ˮ 2011.p. 762-770.[2] Jun Tang, “A Color Image Segmentation algorithm
Based on Region Growing,ˮ China School of Electronic Engineering 2010.
[3] Chaobing Huang, Quan Liu, Xiaopeng Li “Color Image Segmentation by Seeded Regionˮ China, School of information engineering, 2010.
[4] Tiancan Mei, Chen Zheng, Sidong Zhong, “Hierarchical Region Based Markov Random Field for Image Segmentation”,Wuhan,China,2011
[5] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_growing
Thanks to All
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