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Traditionally, non-linear diffusion processes and watershed segmentation have been well studied for greyscale image segmentation. In this paper we extend their use to colour images. First, we formulate a general definition for a non-linear diffusion process using the concept of an activity image that can be calculated for several image components. Then, we explain how the cleaned activity image is fed through a watershed algorithm yielding the colour image segmentation. Finally, the qualitative performance is illustrated with results for real colour images.
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De Smet, P., Pires, R.L.V.P.M., De Vleeschauwer, D. (1998). Activity Driven Non-linear Diffusion for Colour Image Segmentation. In: Marshall, S., Harvey, N.R., Shah, D. (eds) Noblesse Workshop on Non-Linear Model Based Image Analysis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1597-7_29
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