Title
Dealing with uncertainty and imprecision in image segmentation using belief function theory.
Abstract
In imaging, physical phenomena and the acquisition system are responsible for noise and the partial volume effect, respectively, which affect the uncertainty and the imprecision. To address these different imperfections, we propose a method that is based on information fusion and that uses belief function theory for image segmentation in the presence of multiple image sources (multi-modal images). First, the method takes advantage of neighbourhood information from mono-modal images and information from an acquisition system to reduce uncertainty from noise and imprecision due to the partial volume effect. Then, it uses information that arises from each modality of the image to reduce the imprecision that is inherent in the nature of the images, to achieve a final segmentation. The results obtained on simulated images using various signal-to-noise ratios and medical images show its ability to segment correctly multi-modal images in the presence of noise and the partial volume effect.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.ijar.2013.10.006
Int. J. Approx. Reasoning
Keywords
DocType
Volume
image segmentation,belief function theory,uncertainty,image processing,segmentation
Journal
55
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
0888-613X
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.43
15
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Benoît Lelandais1202.17
Isabelle Gardin2314.55
Laurent Mouchard325125.07
Pierre Vera45910.15
Ruan Su555953.00