Author(s): Matthew O. Ward and Suresh Rajasekaran, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609

Source: SPIE Vol. 1381, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision IX: Algorithms and Techniques, 1990.

Abstract: Image segmentation techniques which employ domain knowledge produce, in general, much better results than context-free methods, but often suffer from lack of portability and excessive development and computation time. We describe a new segmentation technique which employs very general knowledge of domain characteristics to improve the performance of context-free systems while avoiding many of the problems of existing domain-specific methods.