Improvement in the Between-Class Variance Based on Lognormal Distribution for Accurate Image Segmentation

There are various distributions of image histograms where regions form symmetrically or asymmetrically based on the frequency of the intensity levels inside the image. In pure image processing, the process of optimal thresholding tends to accurately separate each region in the image histogram to obtain the segmented image. Otsu’s method is the most used technique in image segmentation. Otsu algorithm performs automatic image thresholding and returns the optimal threshold by maximizing between-class variance using the sum of Gaussian distribution for the intensity level in the histogram. There are various types of images where an intensity level has right-skewed histograms and does not fit with the between-class variance of the original Otsu algorithm. In this paper, we proposed an improvement of the between-class variance based on lognormal distribution, using the mean and the variance of the lognormal. The proposed model aims to handle the drawbacks of asymmetric distribution, especially for images with right-skewed intensity levels. Several images were tested for segmentation in the proposed model in parallel with the original Otsu method and the relevant work, including simulated images and Medical Resonance Imaging (MRI) of brain tumors. Two types of evaluation measures were used in this work based on unsupervised and supervised metrics. The proposed model showed superior results, and the segmented images indicated better threshold estimation against the original Otsu method and the related improvement.     

大豆冠层多光谱图像提取方法

为解决大豆冠层在近地端的多光谱图像边缘灰度不均,目标与背景之间灰度差别小,难以准确高效地获取大豆冠层目标区域的难题,将多光谱成像处理技术与经典图像分割方法有机融合,提出基于多光谱图像处理技术的大豆冠层提取方法。以东北大豆为对象,通过Sequoia多光谱相机采集绿光、近红外、红光、红边和可见光五类大豆多光谱图像,采用高斯平滑滤波法对原始大豆多光谱图像进行预处理,分析多光谱图像中大豆冠层和背景的灰度直方图分布特性,在此基础上利用迭代法、Otsu法和局部阈值法提取原大豆多光谱图像中冠层区域,并以图像形态学开运算处理细化和扩张背景,避免图像区域内干扰噪声对大豆冠层识别效果的影响,同时以有效分割率、过分割率、欠分割率、信息熵以及运行时间等为监督指标,对大豆冠层多光谱图像识别模型进行效果评价。大豆冠层识别模型中迭代法可以有效分割近红外和可见光大豆冠层图像,有效分割率分别为97.81%和87.99%,对绿光、红光和红边大豆冠层图像分割效果较差,有效分割率低于70%;Otsu法和局部阈值法可以有效分割除红光波段的其余四种多光谱大豆冠层图像,且有效分割率均在82%以上;三种算法对红光大豆冠层图像的有效分割率均低于20%,未达到较好效果。在原始多光谱图像中应用迭代法、Otsu法和局部阈值法提取大豆冠层图像与标准图像的信息熵平均值波动幅度分别为：0.120 1,0.054 7和0.059 8,其中Otsu法和局部阈值法较小,表明了对于大豆冠层多光谱图像识别中两种算法的有效性。该算法中Otsu法和局部阈值法均可以有效提取绿光、近红外、红边和可见光等多光谱的大豆冠层图像,二者较为完整地保留了大豆冠层信息,其中Otsu法实时性能较局部阈值法更好。该成果为提取农作物冠层多光谱图像提供理论依据和技术借鉴。     

二维直方图θ划分最大Shannon熵图像阈值分割

鉴于常用二维直方图区域直分法存在错分,最近提出的斜分法不具普遍性,提出了适用面更广的基于二维直方图θ划分和最大Shannon熵的图像阈值分割算法.首先给出了二维直方图θ划分方法,采用四条平行斜线及一条其法线与灰度级轴成θ角的直线划分二维直方图区域,按灰度级和邻域平均灰度级的加权和进行阈值分割,斜分法可视为该方法中θ=45°的特例;然后导出了二维直方图θ-划分最大Shannon熵阈值选取公式及其快速递推算法;最后给出了θ取不同值时的分割结果及运行时间,θ取较小值时,边界形状准确性较高,θ取较大值时,抗噪性较强,应用时可根据实际图像特点及需求合理选取θ的值.与常规二维直方图直分最大Shannon熵法相比,本文提出的方法所得分割结果更为准确,抵抗噪声更为稳健,且所需运行时间及存储空间也大为减小.     

An Interval Iteration Based Multilevel Thresholding Algorithm for Brain MR Image Segmentation

In this paper, we propose an interval iteration multilevel thresholding method (IIMT). This approach is based on the Otsu method but iteratively searches for sub-regions of the image to achieve segmentation, rather than processing the full image as a whole region. Then, a novel multilevel thresholding framework based on IIMT for brain MR image segmentation is proposed. In this framework, the original image is first decomposed using a hybrid L₁ − L₀ layer decomposition method to obtain the base layer. Second, we use IIMT to segment both the original image and its base layer. Finally, the two segmentation results are integrated by a fusion scheme to obtain a more refined and accurate segmentation result. Experimental results showed that our proposed algorithm is effective, and outperforms the standard Otsu-based and other optimization-based segmentation methods.     

Multicontext wavelet-based thresholding segmentation of brain tissues in magnetic resonance images

A novel segmentation method based on wavelet transform is presented for gray matter, white matter and cerebrospinal fluid in thin-sliced single-channel brain magnetic resonance (MR) scans. On the basis of the local image model, multicontext wavelet-based thresholding segmentation (MCWT) is proposed to classify 2D MR data into tissues automatically. In MCWT, the wavelet multiscale transform of local image gray histogram is done, and the gray threshold is gradually revealed from large-scale to small-scale coefficients. Image segmentation is independently performed in each local image to calculate the degree of membership of a pixel to each tissue class. Finally, a strategy is adopted to integrate the intersected outcomes from different local images. The result of the experiment indicates that MCWT outperforms other traditional segmentation methods in classifying brain MR images.     

A New Threshold Selection Method for Separation of Objects and Background

A new threshold selection algorithm for objects and background separation using a histogram of the number of foreground regions was proposed. This method used a human separation method for objects and background, examined the changes in the number of foreground regions in the image with varying threshold and determined a proper threshold value. The proposed technique was applied to several images and was compared with other histogram-based segmentation methods. The possibility of extension to multi-level thresholding was also examined.     

基于改进的两维Otsu管道红外图像高温区域分割研究

石化管道通常可分为常温区域和高温区域两部分。高温区域的存在影响着整个系统的安全运行,热量的散失将会引起资源的浪费及环境的污染等一系列问题。红外光谱图像能够较好地描述石化管道的高温区域,但是如何从中提取高温区域是红外光谱图像处理的一类难题。为实现从红外图像中,将高温区域准确快速分割出来的目的,基于经典的一维Otsu算法提出一种改进的二维多阈值自动获取方法。该算法首先对管道红外图像进行经典单阈值分割,将图像划分为背景和管道两部分。然后基于管道图像区域,以管道灰度图像与平均值图像作为图像二维,对目标图像进行二维双阈值分割,最终将较大的阈值作为划分管道常温区域与高温区域的分割点。将本算法对不同的管线进行多次试验分析,结果表明,采用改进的二维Otsu多阈值算法能够更加清晰的将管道从复杂背景中提取出来,并在此基础上把高温区域更精确的分割。     

一种改进的球栅阵列封装焊点射线图像阈值分割算法

球栅阵列封装焊点的射线图像具有信噪比差、背景不均匀等特点,故传统的阈值分割方法无法将目标焊点与背景图像很好的分割.本文通过对球栅阵列封装焊点射线图像直方图的分析,利用了自适应维纳滤波对阈值分割前的图像进行了预处理.根据图像的差异来调整该滤波器的参量,对局部差异大的地方进行小的平滑操作,对局部差异小的地方进行大的平滑操作.在最大类间方差法的基础上,对分割后的图像进行了进一步的分析并提出了改进的二次分割方法.改进的方法为并不直接通过OTSU法进行二值化处理来去除背景,而是在阈值分割得到的两个灰度级内通过计算中值和统计最大灰度像素的方法得到了更优化的阈值,使得去除背景后的焊点图像整体更加清晰和均匀.在背景灰度级内寻找了一个合适的灰度级作为处理后的灰度图像新背景,实验证明该方法明显改进了传统最大类间方差法对球栅阵列封装焊点射线图像的阈值分割效果.     

范围限制的自适应亮度保持多阈值直方图均衡算法研究

针对目前直方图均衡算法难以实现,且易造成亮度饱和等问题,本文提出了一种范围限制的自适应亮度保持多阈值直方图均衡算法。首先,对输入图像进行适当平滑,从而获得它的直方图峰值点个数（N+1）。然后,对Otsu算法进行N阈值扩展,并通过这种方法获得图像的N个分割阈值,从而按照此阈值对图像进行分割。为了能够最大程度地保持输入图像的亮度,利用输入图像和输出图像的均值亮度最小误差（AMBE）准则,重新计算了图像的均衡范围。最后,利用新的均衡范围分别对每一个子图像进行均衡。实验表明,使用本算法处理Lena图的绝对均值亮度误差为0.416 4,明显优于使用RLBHE算法的0.629 5。本算法能够获得更清晰的图像细节,同时图像的整体亮度保持的也较好。     

一种高噪声显微图像分割方法研究

传统的图像分割算法在处理高噪声显微图像时,由于背景复杂,很难得到目标完整的区域轮廓。通过对不同图像分割算法的性能进行对比,提出了一种改进的二维最大熵阈值遗传算法结合数学形态学除噪分割的方法。首先用改进的二维最大熵阈值算法结合遗传算法对高噪声显微图像进行粗分割,除去图像中大量的背景噪声,然后运用数学形态学进行细分割,滤除剩余少量杂质和孔洞,提取出目标轮廓。实验结果表明改进的方法较传统分割方法具有更强的抗噪声能力及更快的处理速度,有效地实现了高噪声显微图像的除噪分割。     

融合改进直方图PDE和二维Tsallis熵多阈值SAR分割

针对合成孔径雷达(SAR)图像中存在大量的相干斑噪声,对SAR图像进行分割易出现分割不精、边缘模糊等问题,融合改进的直方图PDE和二维Tsallis熵多阈值,提出了一种SAR图像分割算法。根据PDE直方图均衡化方法,将图像去噪与图像增强加权融合,利用各自权值调整去噪项与图像增强项;同时将二维Tsallis熵单阈值分割方法扩展到多阈值分割, 建立基于多阈值的选取方法,并引入萤火虫算法来求解最优阈值对,实现了二维Tsallis熵多阈值对去噪增强SAR图像的有效分割。仿真结果表明:与其他3种分割算法相比,该文算法在处理噪声大、灰度差值小的图像时具有较高的分割精度,PRI至少提升2.53%、VOI降低8.48%、GCE降低11.14%。     

SAR图像中机场跑道自动检测方法研究

跑道检测通常由边缘检测和霍夫变换2个步骤组成.由于SAR图像中存在大量斑点噪声,使得边缘检测中存在大量虚假边缘,增加了霍夫变换的时间,降低了跑道检测的准确度,提出一种基于区域分割和距离变换的SAR图像中机场跑道自动检测的新方法.采用基于统计信息的方法增强跑道一背景的对比度,然后用二维直方图阈值分割方法分割图像,再通过距离变换对跑道一背景二值图进行处理,得到跑道中心线的大致分布,最后采用局部空间霍夫变换得到跑道参数.实验结果表明:该方法能够可靠检测出跑道,运算速度满足实时性要求.     

Enhanced Slime Mould Algorithm for Multilevel Thresholding Image Segmentation Using Entropy Measures

Image segmentation is a fundamental but essential step in image processing because it dramatically influences posterior image analysis. Multilevel thresholding image segmentation is one of the most popular image segmentation techniques, and many researchers have used meta-heuristic optimization algorithms (MAs) to determine the threshold values. However, MAs have some defects; for example, they are prone to stagnate in local optimal and slow convergence speed. This paper proposes an enhanced slime mould algorithm for global optimization and multilevel thresholding image segmentation, namely ESMA. First, the Levy flight method is used to improve the exploration ability of SMA. Second, quasi opposition-based learning is introduced to enhance the exploitation ability and balance the exploration and exploitation. Then, the superiority of the proposed work ESMA is confirmed concerning the 23 benchmark functions. Afterward, the ESMA is applied in multilevel thresholding image segmentation using minimum cross-entropy as the fitness function. We select eight greyscale images as the benchmark images for testing and compare them with the other classical and state-of-the-art algorithms. Meanwhile, the experimental metrics include the average fitness (mean), standard deviation (Std), peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR), structure similarity index (SSIM), feature similarity index (FSIM), and Wilcoxon rank-sum test, which is utilized to evaluate the quality of segmentation. Experimental results demonstrated that ESMA is superior to other algorithms and can provide higher segmentation accuracy.     

基于GSPN的飞机测试性指标确定方法研究

针对现有的图像分割中自适应分割方法的研究难点,以及传统的模糊阈值分割法中存在窗宽不能自动获取的问题,在确定隶属函数的前提下,以图像的直方图为依据,利用分段计算和反变换的方法,提出了一种自适应模糊阈值的图像分割方法,并将该方法应用于机场目标的分割。该方法实现其窗口宽度的自适应选取,并且有效改善了模糊阈值法对直方图呈不明显双峰的图像分割困难的缺点,拓展了模糊阈值图像分割方法的适用范围,改善了模糊阈值分割方法的分割效果。实验结果表明,该方法对直方图呈单峰和多峰分布的的图像有较好的分割效果和效率。     

Attenuation correction with region growing method used in the positron emission mammography imaging system

The Positron Emission Mammography imaging system(PEMi) provides a novel nuclear diagnosis method dedicated for breast imaging. With a better resolution than whole body PET, PEMi can detect millimeter-sized breast tumors. To address the requirement of semi-quantitative analysis with a radiotracer concentration map of the breast, a new attenuation correction method based on a three-dimensional seeded region growing image segmentation(3DSRG-AC) method has been developed. The method gives a 3D connected region as the segmentation result instead of image slices. The continuity property of the segmentation result makes this new method free of activity variation of breast tissues. The threshold value chosen is the key process for the segmentation method. The first valley in the grey level histogram of the reconstruction image is set as the lower threshold, which works well in clinical application.Results show that attenuation correction for PEMi improves the image quality and the quantitative accuracy of radioactivity distribution determination. Attenuation correction also improves the probability of detecting small and early breast tumors.     

基于遗传算法参数优化的PCNN红外图像分割

构造一种基于遗传算法参数优化的脉冲耦合神经网络(PCNN)红外图像分割算法。该算法首先利用PCNN的全局耦合性和脉冲同步性对输入图像进行点火处理,根据PCNN的输出结果计算熵作为遗传算法的适应度函数,并利用熵的变化量作为遗传算法的收敛依据,对PCNN模型中影响图像分割的参数进行组合优化,结合PCNN生物视觉特性和遗传算法解空间随机搜索能力来寻找关键参数的最优值。将遗传算法和PCNN进行结合可充分发挥二者优势,将本文方法与最大类间方差法（OTSU）、最大熵直方图分割算法和PCNN分割方法进行对比,通过交叉熵、区域对比度等客观指标对分割后的图像进行定量分析,结果表明无论从主观视觉还是客观指标,本文方法分割效果优于其他对比方法。     

自适应红外目标特征增强算法

利用直方图均衡化和灰度变换增强算法,不能有效增强红外图像目标。鉴于此,在研究红外图像特点的基础上,提出了一种自适应红外目标特征增强算法。该算法先对红外图像进行中值滤波,滤除掉图像中的随机噪声,然后利用直方图分割将红外图像分为目标和背景2部分,通过线性加权叠加抑制背景和增强目标。实验表明,该算法不仅能够根据红外图像中目标的灰度特性自适应地选取直方图分割阈值,而且在去除噪声和增加对比度的同时还抑制了背景,达到了预期的效果。该算法尤其适用于目标和背景像素比例相近时直方图具有局域双峰特征的红外图像中目标的增强。     

高帧频信标光定位与跟踪实验研究

信标光斑准确定位是完成空间光通信跟踪和捕获时的一个重要方法。应用改进的Otsu分割方法,对采集序列图像进行实时处理,提取潜在的信标光斑,对后续图像处理引入感兴趣区域的读入技术,在感兴趣区域内对信标光图像进行处理,应用卡尔曼预测模型实现了信标光跟踪,并将跟踪误差控制在精跟踪视场之内。实验结果表明,改进的Otsu具有更佳的抗噪能力和分割效果,并且实时性和定位精度均获得了满意的结果。     

基于遗传算法参数优化的PCNN红外图像分割

构造一种基于遗传算法参数优化的脉冲耦合神经网络(PCNN)红外图像分割算法。该算法首先利用PCNN的全局耦合性和脉冲同步性对输入图像进行点火处理,根据PCNN的输出结果计算熵作为遗传算法的适应度函数,并利用熵的变化量作为遗传算法的收敛依据,对PCNN模型中影响图像分割的参数进行组合优化,结合PCNN生物视觉特性和遗传算法解空间随机搜索能力来寻找关键参数的最优值。将遗传算法和PCNN进行结合可充分发挥二者优势,将本文方法与最大类间方差法(OTSU)、最大熵直方图分割算法和PCNN分割方法进行对比,通过交叉熵、区域对比度等客观指标对分割后的图像进行定量分析,结果表明无论从主观视觉还是客观指标,本文方法分割效果优于其他对比方法。     

Tank segmentation of infrared images with complex background for the homing anti-tank missile

In an effort to achieve fast and effective tank segmentation of infrared images under complex background for the homing anti-tank missile, the threshold of the maximum between-class variance method (i.e., the Otsu method) is experimentally analyzed, and the working mechanism of the Otsu method is revealed. Subsequently, a fast and effective method for tank segmentation under complex background is proposed based on the Otsu method by constraining the image background pixels and gray levels. Firstly, with the prior information of the tank, derive the equation to calculate the number of pixels of tank according to optical imaging principle, and then use the calculated tank size to constrain the image background pixels. Secondly, employ the golden section to restrict the background gray levels. Finally, use the Otsu method to implement the segmentation of the tank. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can get as an ideal result as the manual segmentation with less running time.