An information theoretic framework for image segmentation

In this paper, an information theoretic framework for image segmentation is presented. This approach is based on the information channel that goes from the image intensity histogram to the regions of the partitioned image. It allows us to define a new family of segmentation methods which maximize th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Rigau Vilalta, Jaume, Feixas Feixas, Miquel, Sbert, Mateu
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/3067
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/3067
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Algorismes computacionals
Imatges -- Segmentació
Imatges -- Processament
Imaging segmentation
Computer algorithms
Image processing
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Sumario:In this paper, an information theoretic framework for image segmentation is presented. This approach is based on the information channel that goes from the image intensity histogram to the regions of the partitioned image. It allows us to define a new family of segmentation methods which maximize the mutual information of the channel. Firstly, a greedy top-down algorithm which partitions an image into homogeneous regions is introduced. Secondly, a histogram quantization algorithm which clusters color bins in a greedy bottom-up way is defined. Finally, the resulting regions in the partitioning algorithm can optionally be merged using the quantized histogram