Image Segmentation Techniques

Segmentation partitions an image into distinct regions containing each pixel with similar attributes. The level to which this partition is carried out depends on the problem being solved, i.e., the segmentation should stop when the objects of interest in an application have been isolated. The applications of computer vision require an image segmentation to extract the meaningful regions of the image. Image segmentation is very useful tool in medical applications. In medical area it is used to extract or region of interest from the background. Image Segmentation simplifies and/or changes the representation of an image into meaningful form and which is easier to analyse.