Title
Improved clustering algorithms for image segmentation based on non-local information and back projection
Abstract
Accurate image segmentation is a prerequisite to conducting an image analysis task, and the complexity stemming from the semantic diversity plays a pivotal role in image segmentation. Existing algorithms employed different types of information in the process of segmentation to improve the robustness. However, these algorithms were characterized by a tradeoff between noise removal and detail retention; this is because it is difficult to distinguish image artifacts from details. This paper proposes an improved image segmentation schema and presents two improved clustering algorithms, in which self-similarity and back projection are considered simultaneously to enhance the robustness. With the aid of self-similarity, non-local information is fully exploited, while the original information can be retained by back projection. Extensive experiments on various types of images demonstrate that our algorithms can balance noise restraining and detail retention to improve the adaptation of complex images in segmentation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1016/j.ins.2020.10.039
Information Sciences
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Image segmentation,Fuzzy clustering,Non-local information,Self-similarity,Back projection
Journal
550
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0020-0255
5
0.40
References 
Authors
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xiaofeng Zhang1788.90
Yujuan Sun2163.96
Hui Liu33910.58
Zhongjun Hou450.40
Feng Zhao550.40
Caiming Zhang644688.19