• DocumentCode
    1301059
  • Title

    On threshold selection using clustering criteria

  • Author

    Kittler, Josef ; Illingworth, John

  • Author_Institution
    Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, Didcot, UK
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    652
  • Lastpage
    655
  • Abstract
    The threshold selection method of N. Otsu (ibid., vol.SMC-9, p.62-6, 1979) is shown to break down for a certain range of object-to-background pixel population ratios. Modifications to Otsu´s method are proposed to overcome some of its limitations. The findings are also relevant to the closely related methods of T. Ridler (1978) and H.J. Trussell (1979).
  • Keywords
    pattern recognition; picture processing; Otsu´s method; Ridler´s method; Trussell´s method; clustering criteria; pattern recognition; picture processing; pixel population ratios; threshold selection; Histograms; Image edge detection; Image reconstruction; Linear programming; Sociology; Visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9472
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TSMC.1985.6313443
  • Filename
    6313443
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1301059