Title :
Multi-resolution level set image segmentation using wavelets
Author :
Al-Qunaieer, Fares S. ; Tizhoosh, Hamid R. ; Rahnamayan, Shahryar
Author_Institution :
Syst. Design Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Level set methods have been used for image segmentation. Because partial deferential equations are solved to propagate a curve, level-set image segmentation has a slow convergence speed. The objective of this paper is to propose a method that increases the convergence speed. The proposed approach exploits the benefit of multi-resolutional analysis. Wavelet transform is used to decompose the image into different resolutions. The obtained results show a great improvement in terms of speed and accuracy.
Keywords :
image resolution; image segmentation; partial differential equations; set theory; wavelet transforms; convergence speed; curve propagation; level set methods; multiresolution level set image segmentation; multiresolutional analysis; partial deferential equations; wavelet transform; wavelets; Accuracy; Active contours; Image edge detection; Image resolution; Image segmentation; Level set; level sets; multi-resolution; segmentation;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing (ICIP), 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1304-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1522-4880
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.2011.6116225