Method and apparatus for segmenting an image in order to locate a part thereof

摘要

A method is disclosed to automatically segment 3D and higher-dimensional images into two subsets without user intervention, with no topological restriction on the solution, and in such a way that the solution is an optimal in a precisely defined optimization criterion, including an exactly defined degree of smoothness. A minimum-cut algorithm is used on a graph devised so that the optimization criterion translates into the minimization of the graph cut. The minimum cut thus found is interpreted as the segmentation with desired property.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-accessible medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for segmenting at least one image, wherein, when a computer arrangement executes the instructions, the computer arrangement is configured to perform procedures, comprising:
receiving data associated with the at least one image; generating a plurality of nodes based on the data; assigning at least one weight based on information associated with the nodes; and segmenting the at least one image based on the nodes and the at least one weight using a minimum cut procedure.