A New Nonlinear Diffusion Equation Model for Noisy Image Segmentation

作者:Chen, Bo; Zhou, Xiao-Hui; Zhang, Li-Wei; Wang, Jie; Zhang, Wei-Qiang*; Zhang, Chen
来源:Advances in Mathematical Physics, 2016, 2016: 8745706.
DOI:10.1155/2016/8745706

摘要

Image segmentation and image denoising are two important and fundamental topics in the field of image processing. Geometric active contour model based on level set method can deal with the problem of image segmentation, but it does not consider the problem of image denoising. In this paper, a new diffusion equation model for noisy image segmentation is proposed by incorporating some classical diffusion equation denoising models into the segmental process. An assumption about the connection between the image intensity and level set function is given firstly. Some classical denoising models are employed to describe the evolution of level set function secondly. The final nonlinear diffusion equation model for noisy image segmentation is built thirdly. Then image segmentation and image denoising are combined in a united framework. The segmental results can be presented by level set function. Experimental results show that the newmodel has the advantage of noise resistance and is superior to traditional segmentation model.