Image segmentation by a fuzzy clustering algorithm using adaptive spatially constrained membership functions

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 359-369

  Tolias, Yannis A ^a   Panas, Stavros M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adaptive techniques; Fuzzy clustering; Hierarchical clustering; Image segmentation; Spatial constraints

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; CORRELATION THEORY; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; VECTORS;

ADAPTIVE FUZZY CLUSTERING/SEGMENTATION (AFCS) ALGORITHMS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0032070619     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.668967     Document Type: Article

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