Title
Image segmentation based on hierarchical mapping
Abstract
An efficient image segmentation technique is presented; it combines an image segmentation algorithm with a pyramidal approach to form a scale space representation. First, the coarsest level of the pyramidal image is quantized to coarse color space. Then, segmentation is achieved using the JSEG algorithm followed by region merging for further refinement. Finally, hierarchical mapping is performed to determine region boundaries in a coarse-to-fine manner using combined global and local features, until the final segmentation is accomplished. This multiresolution approach not only offers a significant reduction in computational cost, but also helps reduce the over-segmentation problem of traditional region growing and watershed techniques. Experimental results show good segmentation performance over a variety of images, and also great reduction in the amount of processing time.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1109/ICIP.2004.1418728
Image Processing, 2004. ICIP '04. 2004 International Conference
Keywords
DocType
Volume
computer vision,image colour analysis,image representation,image segmentation,quantisation (signal),color space,computational cost,hierarchical mapping,multiresolution approach,processing time,pyramidal image quantization,region growing,region merging,scale space representation,watershed techniques
Conference
1
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1522-4880
0-7803-8554-3
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
11
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Apimun Junda100.34
Orachat Chitsobhuk200.34