The problem of adaptive segmentation of images of objects with smooth surfaces is addressed. The images are composed of regions of slowly varying intensities that may be corrupted by additive noise. The underlying field is modeled by Markov random field that consists of both a label process which contains the classification of each pixel in the image and intensity functions which contain the possible grey levels that each pixel may take. The algorithm iteratively repeats two steps: the parameter estimation step, in which the maximum-likelihood (ML) estimates of the associated parameters are obtained; and the restoration step, in which the underlying field is estimated through the maximum-a-posteriori (MAP) method. The concept of allowing the pixel grey values to vary across the image regions is discussed. These values are estimated by using windows on the observed data. As the algorithm progresses, the window size is decreased so that the algorithm adapts to the characteristics of each region.<>


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    Title :

    Adaptive segmentation of images of objects with smooth surfaces


    Contributors:
    Gregoriou, G.K. (author) / Waks, A. (author) / Tretiak, O.J. (author)


    Publication date :

    1993-01-01


    Size :

    165123 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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