Information Technology Journal1812-56381812-5646Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/itj.2008.84.90MazouziSmaine BatoucheMohamed 1200871This research presents a new approach for improving
range image segmentation, based on fuzzy regularization of the detected
edges. First, a degraded version of the segmentation is produced by a
new region growing-based algorithm. Next, the resulting segmentation is
refined by a robust fuzzy classification of the pixels on the resulting
edges which correspond to borders of the extracted regions. Pixels on
the boundary between tow adjacent regions are labeled taking into account
the two regions as fuzzy sets in the fuzzy classification stage, using
an improved version of the Fuzzy C-Mean (FCM) algorithm. The process is
repeated for all region boundaries in the image. Extensive tests were
performed with real images from the ABW database. The experimental results
illustrate the good impact of the fuzzy regularization on the segmentation
results. The high quality of the segmentation results compared with those
of some well known segmentation methods show the good potential of our
fuzzy approach for improving range image segmentation.]]>Bab Hadiashar, A. and N. Gheissari,20061520062018Baraldi, A. and P. Blonda,199929786801Bezdek, J.C.,19811st Edn.,Borges, G.A. and M. Aldon,200440267297Burgiss, S.G., E.D. Lester, R.T. Whitaker and M.A. Abidi,19981998pp: 527538Colliot, O., O. Camara and I. Bloch,20063914011414Ding, Y., X. Ping, M. Hu and D. Wang,20052620332041Fan, T.J., G.G. Medioni and R. Nevatia,19873527538Fischler, M.A. and R.C. Bolles,19871987Hoover, A., G. Jean-Baptiste, X. Jiang, P.J. Flynn, H. Bunke, D.B. Goldgof, K.W. Bowyer, D.W. Eggert, A.W. Fitzgibbon and R.B. Fisher,199618673689Jiang, X. and H. Bunke,199973183199Jiang, X., K.W. Bowyer, K.W. Morioka, K.W. Hiura, K. Sato, S. Inokuchi, M. Bock, C. Guerra, R.E. Loke and J.M. Hans du Buf,20004877881Kang, S.B. and K. Ikeuchi,199315707721Li, S. and D. Zhao,20032420692077Shen, S., W. Sandham, M. Granat and A. Sterr,20059459467Soodamani, R. and Z.Q. Liu,20002385109Xue, J.H., S. Ruan, B. Moretti, A. Revenu, D. Bloyet and W. Philips,20002000pp: 617620Zadeh, L.A.,19658338353