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Abstract | ||
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In this paper, a phase-based binarization model for ancient document images is proposed, as well as a postprocessing method that can improve any binarization method and a ground truth generation tool. Three feature maps derived from the phase information of an input document image constitute the core of this binarization model. These features are the maximum moment of phase congruency covariance, a locally weighted mean phase angle, and a phase preserved denoised image. The proposed model consists of three standard steps: 1) preprocessing; 2) main binarization; and 3) postprocessing. In the preprocessing and main binarization steps, the features used are mainly phase derived, while in the postprocessing step, specialized adaptive Gaussian and median filters are considered. One of the outputs of the binarization step, which shows high recall performance, is used in a proposed postprocessing method to improve the performance of other binarization methodologies. Finally, we develop a ground truth generation tool, called PhaseGT, to simplify and speed up the ground truth generation process for ancient document images. The comprehensive experimental results on the DIBCO'09, H-DIBCO'10, DIBCO'11, H-DIBCO'12, DIBCO'13, PHIBD'12, and BICKLEY DIARY data sets show the robustness of the proposed binarization method on various types of degradation and document images. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2014 | 10.1109/TIP.2014.2322451 | IEEE transactions on image processing : a publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
ancient document images,phase preserved image denoising,adaptive gaussian median filters,median filters,mean phase angle,gaussian processes,history,phase-derived features,postprocessing method,phase congruency covariance,ground truth generation tool,document enhancement,adaptive filters,ground truthing,phase information,historical document binarization,adaptive median filters,document image processing,phase based binarization model,input document image | Journal | 23 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
7 | 1941-0042 | 9 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.53 | 32 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hossein Ziaei Nafchi | 1 | 19 | 1.37 |
| Reza Farrahi Moghaddam | 2 | 469 | 34.39 |
| Mohamed Cheriet | 3 | 2047 | 238.58 |