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Microscope Volume Segmentation Improved through Non-Linear Restoration

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  • Moacir P. Ponti

    (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)

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An efficient segmentation technique based on the use of a modified k-Means algorithm and the Otsu’s thresholding method is improved through a non-linear restoration of microscope volumes. An algorithm is proposed to automatically compute the k value for the clustering k-Means method. The unsupervised algorithm is used in the context of segmentation by considering regions as clusters. A comparison between the segmentation results before and after restoration is presented. The evaluation of the region segmentation included the root mean squared error and a normalized uniformity measure. Results showed significant improvement of segmentation when using the non-linear restoration method based on prior known information, such as the imaging system and the noise statistics.

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  • Moacir P. Ponti, 2010. "Microscope Volume Segmentation Improved through Non-Linear Restoration," International Journal of Natural Computing Research (IJNCR), IGI Global, vol. 1(4), pages 37-46, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jncr00:v:1:y:2010:i:4:p:37-46
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