CHEN Kai, CHEN Fang, DAI Min etc. Fast image segmentation with multilevel threshold of two-dimensional entropy based on firefly algorithm[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2014,22(2): 517-523
CHEN Kai, CHEN Fang, DAI Min etc. Fast image segmentation with multilevel threshold of two-dimensional entropy based on firefly algorithm[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2014,22(2): 517-523 DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20142202.0517.
Fast image segmentation with multilevel threshold of two-dimensional entropy based on firefly algorithm
A fast image segmentation method with multilevel threshold of two-dimensional entropy was proposed based on the firefly algorithm to overcome the large amount of calculation and long computing time. Firstly
the principle of two-dimensional entropy threshold segmentation was analyzed
and the single threshold segmentation of two-dimensional entropy was extended to multilevel threshold segmentation. Then
the bionic mechanism and searching optimization process of the firefly algorithm were analyzed
and the multilevel threshold segmentation method of two-dimensional entropy combined with firefly algorithm was proposed. Finally
typical image segmentation experiments by using the proposed method were performed and the results were compared with those of two-dimensional entropy exhaustive segmentation method and the multilevel threshold segmentation method of two-dimensional entropy based on Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO). Experimental results show that the speeds of the proposed method in single threshold segmentation
dual-threshold segmentation and the three threshold segmentation are 3.91
1 040.32 and 8 128.85 times faster than those of the two-dimensional entropy exhaustive segmentation method respectively. Moreover
the threshold selection accuracy and running speed of the proposed method are both better than those of the multilevel threshold segmentation method of two-dimensional entropy based on PSO. Therefore
the fast image segmentation method with multilevel threshold of two-dimensional entropy based on firefly algorithm can quickly and efficiently resolve complex and multi-target image segmentation problems.
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