Local Polynomial Approximation for Unsupervised Segmentation of Endoscopic Images

In this paper we present a novel technique for unsupervised texture segmentation of wireless capsule endoscopic images of the human gastrointestinal tract. Our approach integrates local polynomial approximation algorithm with the well-founded methods of color texture analysis and clustering (k-means) leading to a robust segmentation procedure which produces fine-grained segments well matched to the image contents.

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