Multi-Phase Segmentation Using Modified Complex Cahn-Hilliard Equations

Multi-Phase Segmentation Using Modified Complex Cahn-Hilliard Equations

Year:    2022

Author:    Xiakai Wang, Zhongyi Huang, Wei Zhu

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 15 (2022), Iss. 2 : pp. 442–463

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel PDE-based model for the multi-phase segmentation problem by using a complex version of Cahn-Hilliard equations. Specifically, we modify the original complex system of Cahn-Hilliard equations by adding the mean curvature term and the fitting term to the evolution of its real part, which helps to render a piecewisely constant function at the steady state. By applying the K-means method to this function, one could achieve the desired multiphase segmentation. To solve the proposed system of equations, a semi-implicit finite difference scheme is employed. Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed model and compare our model with other related ones.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.OA-2021-0099

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 15 (2022), Iss. 2 : pp. 442–463

Published online:    2022-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    22

Keywords:    Image segmentation Cahn–Hilliard equation semi-implicit finite difference scheme.

Author Details

Xiakai Wang

Zhongyi Huang

Wei Zhu