Title
Fast Two-Step Segmentation of Natural Color Scenes Using Hierarchical Region-Growing and a Color-Gradient Network
Abstract
We present evaluation results with focus on combined image and efficiency performance of the Gradient Network Method to segment color images, especially images showing outdoor scenes. A brief review of the techniques, Gradient Network Method and Color Structure Code, is also presented. Different region-growing segmentation results are compared against ground truth images using segmentation evaluation indices Rand and Bipartite Graph Matching. These results are also confronted with other well established segmentation methods (EDISON and JSEG). Our preliminary results show reasonable performance in comparison to several state-of-art segmentation techniques, while also showing very promising results comparatively in the terms of efficiency, indicating the applicability of our solution to real time problems.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1590/S0104-65002008000400004
Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society
Keywords
Field
DocType
outdoor scenes,color image segmentation,fast segmentation,gradient network segmentation.,color structure code,Color Structure Code,Gradient Network,Segmentation
Computer vision,Scale-space segmentation,Computer science,Segmentation,Segmentation-based object categorization,Image segmentation,Artificial intelligence,Region growing,Connected-component labeling,Minimum spanning tree-based segmentation,Cartography,Color gradient
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
14
4
1678-4804
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.49
14
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Aldo von Wangenheim120949.44
Rafael F. Bertoldi2181.04
D. D, Abdala3283.45
Michael M. Richter4471102.15
Lutz Priese524031.41
Frank Schmitt6264.29