Image Segmentation Using Prototype Similarity

Raj K. Aggarwal

doi:10.1117/12.956203

31 August 1978 Image Segmentation Using Prototype Similarity

Raj K. Aggarwal

Proceedings Volume 0137, Airborne Reconnaissance III; (1978) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956203
Event: 1978 Technical Symposium East, 1978, Washington, D.C., United States

Abstract

An image segmentation technique using prototype similarity is described here. The prototype similarity is a method for transforming an attribute image into a set of symbols, each of which represents the relationship of a local region to other parts of the image. It consists of two main steps: (1) prototype generation and (2) inference. Generating prototypes is equivalent to finding a maximal set of mutually dissimilar regions using a similarity relation. A similarity relation is a symmetric, reflexive binary relation and not an equivalence relation. It is not bound by metric properties. The generated set of prototypes is used to transform the attribute image into a symbolic image. Some a priori information about the scene is used to infer meaning of each cell in this symbolic image. The segmentation results of this technique on FLIR images are included.

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Raj K. Aggarwal "Image Segmentation Using Prototype Similarity", Proc. SPIE 0137, Airborne Reconnaissance III, (31 August 1978); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956203

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