@article {316, title = {IRGS: Image segmentation using edge penalties and region growing}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence}, volume = {30}, year = {2008}, pages = {2126 - 2139}, abstract = {

This paper proposes an image segmentation method named iterative region growing using semantics (IRGS), which is characterized by two aspects. First, it uses graduated increased edge penalty (GIEP) functions within the traditional Markov random field (MRF) context model in formulating the objective functions. Second, IRGS uses a region growing technique in searching for the solutions to these objective functions. The proposed IRGS is an improvement over traditional MRF based approaches in that the edge strength information is utilized and a more stable estimation of model parameters is achieved. Moreover, the IRGS method provides the possibility of building a hierarchical representation of the image content, and allows various region features and even domain knowledge to be incorporated in the segmentation process. The algorithm has been successfully tested on several artificial images and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images.

}, keywords = {Algorithms, artificial images, Artificial Intelligence, Automated, Computer-Assisted, edge strength information, GIEP, graduated increased edge penalty, image enhancement, image interpretation, image segmentation, IRGS, iterative methods, iterative region growing, Markov processes, Markov random field context model, model parameter estimation, MRF, Pattern Recognition, random processes, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity, Subtraction Technique, synthetic aperture radar images}, doi = {10.1109/TPAMI.2008.15}, author = {Q Yu and D A. Clausi} } @article {438, title = {Comparing cooccurrence probabilities and Markov random fields for texture analysis of SAR sea ice imagery}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing}, volume = {42}, year = {2004}, pages = {215 - 228}, abstract = {

This paper compares the discrimination ability of two texture analysis methods: Markov random fields (MRFs) and gray-level cooccurrence probabilities (GLCPs). There exists limited published research comparing different texture methods, especially with regard to segmenting remotely sensed imagery. The role of window size in texture feature consistency and separability as well as the role in handling of multiple textures within a window are investigated. Necessary testing is performed on samples of synthetic (MRF generated), Brodatz, and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sea ice imagery. GLCPs are demonstrated to have improved discrimination ability relative to MRFs with decreasing window size, which is important when performing image segmentation. On the other hand, GLCPs are more sensitive to texture boundary confusion than MRFs given their respective segmentation procedures.

}, keywords = {Brodatz, discrimination ability, Feature Extraction, GLCP, gray-level cooccurrence probabilities, image segmentation, image texture, Markov processes, Markov Random Fields, MRF, Remote Sensing, remote sensing by radar, SAR sea ice imagery, sea ice, synthetic aperture radar, texture analysis, texture boundary, texture feature consistency, texture feature separability, texture methods, window size}, issn = {0196-2892}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2003.817218}, author = {D A. Clausi and B Yue} } @inproceedings {598, title = {Towards random field modeling of wavelet statistics}, booktitle = {International Conference on Image Processing}, year = {2002}, address = {Rochester, NY}, abstract = {

The paper investigates the statistical characterization of signals and images in the wavelet domain. In particular, in contrast to common decorrelated-coefficient models, we find that the correlation between wavelet scales can be surprisingly substantial, even across several scales. We investigate possible choices of statistical-interaction models. One efficient and fast strategy which describes the wavelet-based statistical correlations is illustrated. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed tool towards an efficient hierarchical MRF (Markov random field) modeling of within-scale neighborhoods and across-scale dependencies is demonstrated.

}, keywords = {image characterization, image processing, Markov processes, Markov random field modeling, MRF, signal characterization, statistical analysis, statistical image processing, wavelet statistics, wavelet transforms}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2002.1038035}, author = {Z Azimifar and P Fieguth and E Jernigan} }