基于Chan-Vese模型的树形结构多相水平集图像分割算法

由于Chan-Vese(C-V)模型通过单个水平集的符号将待分割图像划分为目标和背景两个部分,所以当图像的多个目标的轮廓成多连接时,C-V模型将无法表示.为了解决C-V模型在表示目标轮廓上的局限,提出了基于C-V模型的树形结构多相水平集算法.关键策略是通过改变图像背景,使得水平集在新图像上重新收敛;核心技术是依据同时明度对比提出的背景填充技术;算法流程采用多水平集串行收敛方式实现多相分割(n-1次收敛可以实现n相分割,n＞1).实验结果表明,本算法可以表示复杂的区域连接情况(n相分割最多可以表示n连接情况),能够实现多目标分割(n相分割可以实现n-1个目标分割),特别适合于目标中含有子目标的图像.     

基于EMD的快速活动轮廓图像分割算法

C-V模型等传统基于区域的几何活动轮廓模型仅将灰度同质作为区域相似性的测度,致使其在分割噪声分布大、灰度复杂的自然及遥感图像时难有较好的分割结果。为此,该文提出基于Earth Movers Distance (EMD)的快速活动轮廓图像分割算法。首先,给出了基于EMD的区域相似性测度,并引入到模型的定义;接着,提出了基于过分割的规则化和快速曲线演化方法,很好地克服了传统模型的冗余轮廓、计算复杂等问题。对合成图像和遥感图像的实验结果证明了算法的有效性。     

基于Wasserstein距离的局部能量分割模型

 提出了一种基于Wasserstein距离和图像局部区域直方图信息的非参数活动轮廓分割模型.用该距离对图像中不同区域的直方图进行比较,提高了相似性衡量的准确性;引入高斯内核函数来获取图像局部区域直方图信息,并将信息嵌入模型指导轮廓演化,以克服由于亮度不均造成的图像分割困难;通过水平集规范项提高计算精度并避免水平集演化的重新初始化.实验结果表明,本模型能够对亮度不均的无序特征图像进行有效准确的分割.     

一种改进的交互式医学图像序列分割方法

本文介绍了一种结合live wire算法和活动轮廓模型的医学图像序列的分割方法.我们通过把live wire算法和图像分割中一般的区域增长方法结合来改进live wire算法,并用改进后的算法来对医学图像序列中的单张或多张切片进行交互式的准确分割.然后计算机利用活动轮廓模型来自动分割相邻的未分割切片.我们通过在活动轮廓模型的边缘点中引入记录已分割物体边缘附近局部区域特征的灰度模型来把已分割切片中的物体与背景的局部区域特征带入相邻的未分割切片中,并用由灰度模型定义的区域相似性代替活动轮廓模型中的外能来引导边缘轮廓收敛到物体的实际边缘.本文还介绍了一种基于live wire算法思想的简单的分割结果交互式修补方法.实验表明我们的算法仅需少量用户交互就能快速准确的从医学图像序列中分割出感兴趣的物体.     

一种血管约束的局部活动轮廓模型

活动轮廓作为一种重要的图像分割工具,近几年来在理论和应用方面都有很大的发展。然而,现有轮廓模型在处理灰度均匀性较差的图像时,通常存在较高的分割误差,并且对初始轮廓曲线位置敏感。为此,本文提出一种基于血管特征约束的活动轮廓模型,该模型首先使用局部相位（Local Phase）的血管增强算法对图像进行增强处理以生成一种不同于图像灰度的血管特征信息,然后将血管信息和图像灰度以线性加权的形式引入到局部二值拟合（Local Binary Fitting,LBF）能量泛函中,指导图像血管分割。基于视网膜血管图像数据（Digital Retinal Images for Vessel Extraction,DRIV）的实验显示：该模型能成功地从灰度分布不均匀和弱边界轮廓的视网膜图像中提取血管,分割灵敏度和准确性分别达到74.43%和93.67%,同时对初始轮廓曲线位置的敏感性大为降低。由上述可知,该模型具有高分割准确性和低初始位置敏感性。     

一种基于脑部肿瘤MR图像的分割方法

针对传统的分割方法难以实现医学图像自动分割和准确分割的问题,提出了一种基于GVF Snake模型的医学图像分割方法。该方法采用Canny算子的边缘检测结果作为GVF扩散方程计算的边缘映射图,提高了GVF Snake模型的抗噪性能;用分水岭算法自动获取的轮廓作为GVF Snake模型分割的初始轮廓,降低了GVF力场计算的复杂性和分割时轮廓线的迭代次数。分析和实验结果表明,采用该方法对脑部肿瘤MR图像进行分割时,能自动准确地分割出肿瘤区域。     

一种新的SAR图像局部拟合活动轮廓模型

本文基于I-divergence-TV(IDT)去噪模型和变分水平集方法提出一个新的局部拟合活动轮廓模型。该模型能有效解决SAR图像的分割问题,并且不需要周期性地更新水平集函数。通过对合成图像和实测Envisat SAR图像的分割实验,提出的模型与局部拟合RSF模型相比具有更准确的边缘定位能力和噪声抑制能力。     

一种具有预测能力的三维图像分割方法

在充分分析三维图像特点的基础上,提出了一种新的三维图像分割方案。该方案在改进的主动轮廓模型的基础上融入了预测算法。三维图像中物体的轮廓沿着空间轴或时间轴的位移和形变是连续的,该算法根据这一特性,利用前几幅图的分割结果来预测当前图像中物体轮廓的位置和形状,弥补了主动轮廓模型搜索范围小的缺点。对医学解剖图像的试验结果表明,这种方法能显著提高分割的准确性和速度。     

结合光谱相似性与相位一致模型的高分辨率遥感图像分割方法

提出一种结合高分辨率遥感图像的光谱相似性与相位一致边缘检测模型的分水岭分割方法.分水岭分割算法的性能依赖干图像边缘梯度图.利用同类地物的光谱相似性特点,可有效抑制相位一致模型边缘检测中产生的伪边缘和噪声信息,从而获得更好的遥感图像分割结果.首先基于目标像元与其邻域像元之间的光谱曲线距离之和定义光谱相似性模型,结合相位一致模型获得边缘响应强度;然后利用自动标记分水岭变换方法实现高分辨率遥感图像分割.基于此方法和其它方法进行了分割实验,并利用基于多光谱信息熵方法对分割结果进行了非监督评价和比较,同时对比分析了计算耗时.结果表明此方法可有效抑制遥感图像过分割现象,并取得较好的分割结果.     

基于小波域和活动轮廓模型的纹理图像分割

提出一种双树复小波域局部二值模式和活动轮廓模型的纹理图像分割方法.该方法首先使用双树复合小波分解纹理图像,然后使用局部二值模式提取纹理特征.利用最大熵准则对纹理特征图像进行选择,活动轮廓模型用于最后的分割.实验结果表明提出的方法对于合成纹理和自然场景数据集,达到了较高的分割精度.     

Remote sensing image registration via active contour model

Image registration is the process by which we determine a transformation that provides the most accurate match between two images. The search for the matching transformation can be automated with the use of a suitable metric, but it can be very time-consuming and tedious. In this paper, we introduce a registration algorithm that combines active contour segmentation together with mutual information. Our approach starts with a segmentation procedure. It is formed by a novel geometric active contour, which incorporates edge knowledge, namely Edgeflow, into active contour model. Two edgemap images filled with closed contours are obtained. After ruling out mismatched curves, we use mutual information (MI) as a similarity measure to register two edgemap images. Experimental results are provided to illustrate the performance of the proposed registration algorithm using both synthetic and multisensor images. Quantitative error analysis is also provided and several images are shown for subjective evaluation.     

利用局部离散度活动轮廓模型的强度非均匀图像分割

强度非均匀现象在真实图像中普遍存在,采用常规基于强度的分割算法会导致严重的误分割。针对强度非均匀图像分割,提出了基于局部离散度的活动轮廓模型分割算法。首先定义基于类内类间距离的离散度,然后利用核函数提取局部区域信息,同时加入边缘指示函数加权的轮廓线长度项能量,建立基于局部离散度的活动轮廓模型。最后引入水平集函数惩罚项,避免水平集方法在演化求解时需要不断初始化的问题。合成图像和真实图像实验结果证明本文算法性能稳定,适应于强度非均匀图像的分割。      

基于相位一致性改进的活动轮廓分割模型

为了实现甲状腺超声图像中结节组织的快速准确分割,克服图像灰度分布不均匀和边缘模糊对分割结果造成的影响,采用了基于相位一致性改进的活动轮廓分割模型。首先,利用相位一致性边缘检测原理构造一种新的速度函数,不仅弥补了梯度算子边缘检测中由于滤波处理造成边缘损坏的缺陷,而且可以灵活地控制曲线演化速率;然后,将该速度函数乘入到无边缘主动轮廓模型的能量项中,避免了线性组合中的权重分配问题,同时具有全局分割能力。通过理论分析和实验验证,改进模型的相对差异度均小于1%,运行时间均低于对比模型。结果表明,新模型实现了灰度分布不均匀图像的精确分割,同时分割效率也有所提高。     

基于C-V模型的红外图像自动分割方法研究

为解决红外图像分割中背景噪声及边界轮廓的影响,引入了基于曲线演化理论、水平集方法和M-S分割函数的C-V模型。通过将图像表达为分段常量函数来建立适当的能量函数模型,引入水平集的表示方法,在整个图像域中依据最小化分割寻找全局极小值,可令活动轮廓最终到达目标边缘。由MATLAB实现的仿真结果表明采用C-V模型对红外图像进行自动分割不受边界轮廓线连续性限制,对初始轮廓线位置不敏感,对图像噪声具有很强的鲁棒性,对均匀灰度目标分割效果良好。     

A robust hybrid active contour model based on pre-fitting bias field correction for fast image segmentation

An array of existing active contour models is prone to suffering from the deficiencies of poor anti-noise ability, initialization sensitivity, and slow convergence. In order to handle these problems, a robust hybrid active contour method based on bias correction is proposed in this research paper The energy functional is formulated through incorporating the adaptive edge indicator function and level set formulation driven by bias field correction. The adaptive edge indicator function, which is formulated based on image gradient information, is utilized to detect object boundaries and accelerate the segmentation in the homogeneous region. The level set formulation is constructed based on an improved criterion function, in which bias field information is considered. Specifically, the bias field distribution is approximated through the local mean gray value algorithm as a prior. Moreover, a new regularized function is proposed so as to maintain the stability of curve evolution. The segmentation process is implemented by the optimized energy function and the novel regularized term. Compared to previous active contour models, the modified active contour method can yield more precise, stable, and efficient segmentation results on some challenging images.     

Active contour evolved by joint probability classification on Riemannian manifold

In this paper, we present an active contour model for image segmentation based on a nonparametric distribution metric without any intensity a priori of the image. A novel nonparametric distance metric, which is called joint probability classification, is established to drive the active contour avoiding the instability induced by multimodal intensity distribution. Considering an image as a Riemannian manifold with spatial and intensity information, the contour evolution is performed on the image manifold by embedding geometric image feature into the active contour model. The experimental results on medical and texture images demonstrate the advantages of the proposed method.     

QoS路由选择:问题与解决方法综述

保证服务质量的QoS路由(Quality of Service Routing)是网络中解决QoS问题的一项关键技术.QoS路由的主要目标是为接入的业务选择满足服务质量要求的传输路径,同时保证整个网络资源的有效利用.度量参数选择问题、寻路问题和路由信息不准确问题是QoS路由中的几个主要研究内容.本文围绕这三个方面,介绍了QoS路由中的主要问题及相关的解决办法,并探讨了今后QoS路由可能的研究方向.     

An integrated region-, boundary-, shape-based active contour for multiple object overlap resolution in histological imagery

Active contours and active shape models (ASM) have been widely employed in image segmentation. A major limitation of active contours, however, is in their 1) inability to resolve boundaries of intersecting objects and to 2) handle occlusion. Multiple overlapping objects are typically segmented out as a single object. On the other hand, ASMs are limited by point correspondence issues since object landmarks need to be identified across multiple objects for initial object alignment. ASMs are also are constrained in that they can usually only segment a single object in an image. In this paper, we present a novel synergistic boundary and region-based active contour model that incorporates shape priors in a level set formulation with automated initialization based on watershed. We demonstrate an application of these synergistic active contour models using multiple level sets to segment nuclear and glandular structures on digitized histopathology images of breast and prostate biopsy specimens. Unlike previous related approaches, our model is able to resolve object overlap and separate occluded boundaries of multiple objects simultaneously. The energy functional of the active contour is comprised of three terms. The first term is the prior shape term, modeled on the object of interest, thereby constraining the deformation achievable by the active contour. The second term, a boundary-based term detects object boundaries from image gradients. The third term drives the shape prior and the contour towards the object boundary based on region statistics. The results of qualitative and quantitative evaluation on 100 prostate and 14 breast cancer histology images for the task of detecting and segmenting nuclei and lymphocytes reveals that the model easily outperforms two state of the art segmentation schemes (geodesic active contour and Rousson shape-based model) and on average is able to resolve up to 91% of overlapping/occluded structures in the images.