A necessary prerequisite for object oriented image processing is successful image segmentation. The approach presented in this paper aims for an universal high-quality solution applicable and adaptable to many problems and data types. As each image analysis problem deals with structures of a certain spatial scale, the average image objects size must be free adaptable to the scale of interest. T...

A necessary prerequisite for object oriented image processing is successful image segmentation. The approach presented in this paper aims for an universal high-quality solution applicable and adaptable to many problems and data types. As each image analysis problem deals with structures of a certain spatial scale, the average image objects size must be free adaptable to the scale of interest. T...

Lately, great concern in image processing is devoted to region-oriented methods. Region-oriented image representation offers several advantages over block-oriented approach, e.g. adaptation to the local image characteristics. New algorithms are necessary for image coding, if we work with arbitrarily shaped image regions, called segments, instead on rectangular blocks. The original approach for ...

A medical workstation has been developed for the efficient display and analysis of large sets of digital cineradiographic images. Various features aid the clinician in quickly identifying and extracting the image information relevant for diagnosis: animated viewing of image frames, a digital magnifying glass for local image enlargement and enhancement, a special review queue for critical image ...

Automatic image analysis plays an important role in biological, medical, and ecological applications. However, because of the complexity and diiculty of automatic image analysis, no currently available image processing systems can achieve a desired level of performance on diierent types of images. The design of an image analysis system needs to be application-oriented and conform to the require...

Nowadays object oriented image analysis becomes a hot issue in the field of image processing and interpretation because of its more robust noise removing ability, more abundant image features and expertise knowledge involved in analysis. The first and most important step of object oriented image analysis is image segmentation, which segments an image into many visual homogenous parcels. Based o...