ABSTRACT
Segmentation is the process of separating an image into multiple
logical segments. The segments can be defined as pixels sharing similar
characteristics such as intensity, texture etc. There are many methods
of segmentation. They can be classified as:
• Histogram based segmentation • Region based segmentation • Edge segmentation • Differential equation based method • Model based segmentation In this chapter, we discuss histogram and region based segmentation
methods. Edge based segmentation was discussed in Chapter 4, Spatial
Filters. The other two methods are beyond the scope of this book.
Interested readers can refer to [28],[83] and [100] for more details.
