To segment the tumor region precisely is a prerequisite for ultrasound navigation and treatment. In this paper, a normalized cut method to segment tumor ultrasound image is proposed by means of simple linear iterative...To segment the tumor region precisely is a prerequisite for ultrasound navigation and treatment. In this paper, a normalized cut method to segment tumor ultrasound image is proposed by means of simple linear iterative clustering for presegmentation procedure. The first step, we use simple linear iterative clustering algorithm to divide the image into a number of homogeneous over-segmented regions. Then, these regions are regarded as nodes, and a similarity matrix is constructed by comparing the histograms of each two regions. Finally, we apply the Ncut method to merging the over-segmented regions, then the image segmentation process is completed. The results show that the proposed segmentation scheme handles the strong speckle noise, low contrast, and weak edges well in ultrasound image. Our method has high segmentation precision and computation efficiency than the pixel-based Ncut method.展开更多
A multifeature statistical image segmentation algorithm is described. Multiple features such as grey, edge magnitude and correlation are combined to form a multidimensional space statistics. The statistical algorithm ...A multifeature statistical image segmentation algorithm is described. Multiple features such as grey, edge magnitude and correlation are combined to form a multidimensional space statistics. The statistical algorithm is used to segment an image using the decision curved surface determined by the multidimensional feature function. The segmentation problem which is difficult to solve using the features independently will be readily solved using the same features jointly. An adaptive segmentation algorithm is discussed. Test results of the real-time TV tracker newly developed have shown that the segmentation algorithm discussed here improves effectively the image segmentation quality and system tracking performance.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program ofChina(2011CB707900)
文摘To segment the tumor region precisely is a prerequisite for ultrasound navigation and treatment. In this paper, a normalized cut method to segment tumor ultrasound image is proposed by means of simple linear iterative clustering for presegmentation procedure. The first step, we use simple linear iterative clustering algorithm to divide the image into a number of homogeneous over-segmented regions. Then, these regions are regarded as nodes, and a similarity matrix is constructed by comparing the histograms of each two regions. Finally, we apply the Ncut method to merging the over-segmented regions, then the image segmentation process is completed. The results show that the proposed segmentation scheme handles the strong speckle noise, low contrast, and weak edges well in ultrasound image. Our method has high segmentation precision and computation efficiency than the pixel-based Ncut method.
文摘A multifeature statistical image segmentation algorithm is described. Multiple features such as grey, edge magnitude and correlation are combined to form a multidimensional space statistics. The statistical algorithm is used to segment an image using the decision curved surface determined by the multidimensional feature function. The segmentation problem which is difficult to solve using the features independently will be readily solved using the same features jointly. An adaptive segmentation algorithm is discussed. Test results of the real-time TV tracker newly developed have shown that the segmentation algorithm discussed here improves effectively the image segmentation quality and system tracking performance.