Fuzzy connectedness and object definition

Jayaram K. Udupa; Supun Samarasekera

doi:10.1117/12.207603

27 April 1995 Fuzzy connectedness and object definition

Jayaram K. Udupa, Supun Samarasekera

Proceedings Volume 2431, Medical Imaging 1995: Image Display; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.207603
Event: Medical Imaging 1995, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Approaches to object information extraction from images should attempt to use the fact that images are fuzzy. In past image segmentation research, the notion of `hanging togetherness' of image elements specified by their fuzzy connectedness has been lacking. We present a theory of fuzzy objects for n-dimensional digital spaces based on a notion of fuzzy connectedness of image elements. Although our definitions lead to problems of enormous combinatorial complexity, the theoretical results allow us to reduce this dramatically. We demonstrate the utility of the theory and algorithms in image segmentation based on several practical examples.

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Jayaram K. Udupa and Supun Samarasekera "Fuzzy connectedness and object definition", Proc. SPIE 2431, Medical Imaging 1995: Image Display, (27 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.207603

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