Multiregion graph cut image segmentation

Multiregion graph cut image segmentation

Salan, Mohamed Ben and Ayed, Ismail Ben and Mitiche, Amar

VISAPP 2008 – 3rd International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Proceedings 2008

Abstract : The purpose of our study is two-fold: (1) investigate an image segmentation method which combines parametric modeling of the image data and graph cut combinatorial optimization and, (2) use a prior which allows the number of labels/regions to decrease when the number of regions is not known and the algorithm initialized with a larger number. Experimental verification shows that the method results in good segmentations and runs faster than conventional graph cut methods.