A robust and fast active contour model for image segmentation with intensity inhomogeneity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyan Ding ◽  
Guirong Weng
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Active Contour ◽  
Active Contour Model ◽  
Intensity Inhomogeneity ◽  
Contour Model

An Improved Image Segmentation Active Contour Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 513-517 ◽  
pp. 3463-3467
Author(s):  
Li Fen Zhou ◽  
Chang Xu Cai
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equation ◽  
Partial Differential Equation ◽  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Active Contour ◽  
Active Contour Model ◽  
Local Region ◽  
Intensity Inhomogeneity ◽  
Contour Model ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
Region Information

The Chan-Vese (C-V) active contour model has low computational complexity, initialization and insensitive to noise advantagesand utilizes global region information of images, so it is difficult to handle images with intensity inhomogeneity. The Local binary fitting (LBF) model based on local region information has its certain advantages in mages segmentation of weak boundary or uneven greay.but , the segmentation results are very sensitive to the initial contours, In order to address this problem, this paper proposes a new active contour model with a partial differential equation, which integrates both global and local region information. Experimental results show that it has a distinctive advantage over C-V model for images with intensity inhomogeneity, and it is more efficient than LBF.

scholarly journals Local and Global Active Contour Model for Image Segmentation With Intensity Inhomogeneity

IEEE Access ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 54224-54240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Cai ◽  
Huiying Liu ◽  
Yiming Qian ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Xiaojun Duan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Active Contour ◽  
Active Contour Model ◽  
Intensity Inhomogeneity ◽  
Contour Model

Image Segmentation Based on Fractional Differentiation and RSF Model

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guimei Zhang ◽  
Yangang Zhu ◽  
Jianxin Liu ◽  
YangQuan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Active Contour ◽  
Active Contour Model ◽  
Intensity Inhomogeneity ◽  
Fractional Differentiation ◽  
Contour Model ◽  
Texture Region ◽  
Initial Location ◽  
Evolution Curve ◽  
Weak Texture

Intensity inhomogeneity or weak texture region image segmentation plays an important role in computer vision and image processing. RSF (Region-Scalable Fitting) active contour model has been proved to be an effective method to segment intensity inhomogeneity. However RSF model is sensitive to the initial location of evolution curve , it tends to fall into local optimal. Aiming at the problem, this paper proposed a new method for image segmentation based on fractional differentiation and RSF model. The proposed method adds the global Grünwald-Letnikov fractional gradient into the RSF model. Thus the gradient of the intensity inhomogeneity and weak texture regions is strengthened. As a result, both the robustness of initial location of evolution curve and efficiency of image segmentation are improved. Theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is capable of segmenting the intensity inhomogeneities and weak texture images. It is robust to curve initial location, furthermore the efficiency of segmentation is improved.

scholarly journals A Partition-Based Active Contour Model Incorporating Local Information for Image Segmentation

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiao Shi ◽  
Jiaji Wu ◽  
Anand Paul ◽  
Licheng Jiao ◽  
Maoguo Gong
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Real World ◽  
Active Contour ◽  
Active Contour Model ◽  
Intensity Inhomogeneity ◽  
Curve Evolution ◽  
Evolution Theory ◽  
Piecewise Constant ◽  
Contour Model ◽  
Proposed Model

Active contour models are always designed on the assumption that images are approximated by regions with piecewise-constant intensities. This assumption, however, cannot be satisfied when describing intensity inhomogeneous images which frequently occur in real world images and induced considerable difficulties in image segmentation. A milder assumption that the image is statistically homogeneous within different local regions may better suit real world images. By taking local image information into consideration, an enhanced active contour model is proposed to overcome difficulties caused by intensity inhomogeneity. In addition, according to curve evolution theory, only the region near contour boundaries is supposed to be evolved in each iteration. We try to detect the regions near contour boundaries adaptively for satisfying the requirement of curve evolution theory. In the proposed method, pixels within a selected region near contour boundaries have the opportunity to be updated in each iteration, which enables the contour to be evolved gradually. Experimental results on synthetic and real world images demonstrate the advantages of the proposed model when dealing with intensity inhomogeneity images.

IMAGE SEGMENTATION WITH GVF FLOW AND DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. 1250024
Author(s):  
ZHONGHUA LUO ◽  
JITAO WU
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Active Contour ◽  
Active Contour Model ◽  
Intensity Inhomogeneity ◽  
Initial Curve ◽  
Directional Information ◽  
Contour Model ◽  
Model Combining ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Edge Location

Intensity inhomogeneity is a common phenomenon in real-world images and may cause many difficulties in image segmentation. To overcome these difficulties, we propose a new active contour model combining the GVF flow and the directional information about edge location. On one hand, we incorporate the GVF flow into the proposed model to segment the images with intensity inhomogeneity efficiently. On the other hand, we construct an alignment term with the directional information to achieve sub-pixel accuracy and relax the placement of the initial curve. Moreover, a regularization term is also included in our model to ensure accurate computation and avoid time-consuming re-initializations. Experimental results on several synthetic and real images show that the proposed model is effective.

scholarly journals Active Contour Model with Adaptive weighted function for Robust Image Segmentation under Biased Conditions

2021 ◽  
pp. 114811
Author(s):  
Aditi Joshi ◽  
Mohammed Saquib Khan ◽  
Asim Niaz ◽  
Farhan Akram ◽  
Hyun Chul Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Active Contour ◽  
Active Contour Model ◽  
Weighted Function ◽  
Contour Model ◽  
Robust Image

Automatic segmentation of medical images using a novel Harris Hawk optimization method and an active contour model

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Maria Tamoor ◽  
Irfan Younas
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Active Contour ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Active Contour Model ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Medical Image Segmentation ◽  
Gaussian Kernel ◽  
Initial Contour ◽  
Automated Method ◽  
Contour Model

Medical image segmentation is a key step to assist diagnosis of several diseases, and accuracy of a segmentation method is important for further treatments of different diseases. Different medical imaging modalities have different challenges such as intensity inhomogeneity, noise, low contrast, and ill-defined boundaries, which make automated segmentation a difficult task. To handle these issues, we propose a new fully automated method for medical image segmentation, which utilizes the advantages of thresholding and an active contour model. In this study, a Harris Hawks optimizer is applied to determine the optimal thresholding value, which is used to obtain the initial contour for segmentation. The obtained contour is further refined by using a spatially varying Gaussian kernel in the active contour model. The proposed method is then validated using a standard skin dataset (ISBI 2016), which consists of variable-sized lesions and different challenging artifacts, and a standard cardiac magnetic resonance dataset (ACDC, MICCAI 2017) with a wide spectrum of normal hearts, congenital heart diseases, and cardiac dysfunction. Experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively segment the region of interest and produce superior segmentation results for skin (overall Dice Score 0.90) and cardiac dataset (overall Dice Score 0.93), as compared to other state-of-the-art algorithms.

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