A Hybrid Approach for Image Segmentation Using Fuzzy Clustering and Level Set Method

Image segmentation is a growing field and it has been successfully applied in various fields such as medical imaging, face recognition, etc. In this paper, we propose a method for image segmentation that combines a region based artificial intelligence technique named fuzzy c-means (FCM) and a boundary based mathematical modeling technique level set method (LSM). In the proposed method, the contour of the image is obtained by FCM method which serves as initial contour for LSM Method. The final segmentation is achieved using LSM which uses signed pressure force (spf) function for active control of contour.

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