Color segmentation through independent anisotropic diffusion of complex chromaticity and lightness

This paper presents a new technique based on anisotropic diffusion for segmenting color images. This operation is accomplished through two independent anisotropic diffusion processes: one involving only the chromatic information, conveniently embedded in a complex function, and the other affecting the lightness information. The results of the two diffusions are separately segmented and their combination allows the color image to be eventually partitioned. We report on some experimental results verifying the effectiveness of such a technique.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: ICIP
• Authors: Luca Lucchese, Sanjit K. Mitra
• Keywords: Color Image, Color Images, ICIP 2001, Image Processing, Independent Anisotropic Diffusion