Segmentation is a fundamental step in image description or classification. In recent years, several computational models have been used to implement segmentation methods but without establishing a single analytic solution. In this paper, the problem of textured images segmentation upon an unsupervised scheme is addressed. Until recently, there has been few interest in segmenting images involvin...

Clustering analysis is an effective method to discover and identify tumor classes. So, this paper proposes a Fuzzy C-Means clustering (FCM) algorithm based on Non-negative matrix factorization (NMF). Firstly, gene expression profiling (GEP) is simply processed through mean and variance of gene expression, which can then be mapped into a low dimensional space by NMF method. Finally, for discover...

diabetic retinopathy is one of the most important reasons of blindness which causes serious damage in the retina. the aim of this research is to detect one lesions of the retina, named exudates automatically with image processing techniques. preprocessing is the first step of proposed algorithm. after preprocessing, the optic disc was detected and removed from the retinal image due to the same ...

Fuzzy C-means clustering (FCM) is an important technique used in cluster analysis. The standard FCM algorithm calls the centroids to be randomly initialized resulting in the requirement of making estimations from expert users to determine the number of clusters. To overcome these observed limitations of applying the FCM algorithm, an efficient image segmentation model, Hybrid Fuzzy C-means Algo...

For the shortcoming of fuzzy c-means algorithm (FCM) needing to know the number of clusters in advance, this paper proposed a new self-adaptive method to determine the optimal number of clusters. Firstly, a density-based algorithm was put forward. The algorithm, according to the characteristics of the dataset, automatically determined the possible maximum number of clusters instead of using the...

Data clustering is one of the important data mining methods. It is a process of finding classes of a data set with most similarity in the same class and most dissimilarity between different classes. The well known hard clustering algorithm (K -means) and Fuzzy clustering algorithm (FCM) are mostly based on Euclidean distance measure. In this paper, a comparative study of these algorithms with d...

The arterial input function (AIF) plays a crucial role in the quantification of cerebral perfusion parameters. The traditional method for AIF detection is based on manual operation, which is time-consuming and subjective. Two automatic methods have been reported that are based on two frequently used clustering algorithms: fuzzy c-means (FCM) and K-means. However, it is still not clear which is ...

Clustering algorithms are highly dependent on the features used and the type of the objects in a particular image. By considering object similar surface variations (SSV) as well as the arbitrariness of the fuzzy c-means (FCM) algorithm for pixel location, a fuzzy image segmentation considering object surface similarity (FSOS) algorithm was developed, but it was unable to segment objects having ...

Clustering plays an outstanding role in data mining research. Among the various algorithms for clustering, most of the researchers used the Fuzzy C-Means algorithm (FCM) in the areas like computational geometry, data compression and vector quantization, pattern recognition and pattern classification. In this research, a simple and efficient implementation of FCM clustering algorithm is presente...

Manual brain tumor segmentation from magnetic resonance imaging is a difficult and time-consuming task for physicians. For this reason, an automated brain tumor segmentation method is desirable. Currently, segmentation of gadolinium-enhanced tumor is feasible via combining semi-supervised clustering with knowledge-based analysis [1]. However, the accuracy of supervised segmentation techniques d...