A Survey on Image Segmentation Techniques for Edge Detection

Images in real world can be categorized based on the mode of capture, information, type i,e nature ,flowers etc. This is of vital importance as the user is interested in retrieving information specific to the category. The images need to be segmented in complex scene for providing the appropriate information. This leads to lot of challenges in real time. This paper presents a complete survey of different image segmentation techniques that are available. The paper offers suggestions for selecting the appropriate technique for segmenting the images based on the different performance parameters. A complete tabulation of the different segmentation techniques analyzed has been presented at the end of the paper. The segmentation techniques has been analyzed considering the edge detection as a vital factor. The paper also provides research directions for using neural approaches for segmentation.