Fuzzy connectedness image segmentation in graph cut formulation: A linear-time algorithm and a comparative analysis

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-398

  Ciesielski, Krzysztof Chris ^a,b   Udupa, Jayaram K ^b   Falcao A X ^c   Miranda, P A V ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fuzzy connectedness; Graph cut; Image processing; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ENERGY FUNCTIONS; ENERGY MINIMIZATION PROBLEM; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; FUZZY CONNECTEDNESS; GRAPH CUT; IMAGE INTENSITIES; IMAGE SCENE; LINEAR TIME; LINEAR-TIME ALGORITHMS; MIN-CUT; MINIMIZATION PROBLEMS; RUNNING TIME; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; WEIGHT ASSIGNMENT; WEIGHT FUNCTIONS; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

FLUORINE;

EID: 84866013806     PISSN: 09249907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10851-012-0333-3     Document Type: Article

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