This document compares and evaluates two image inpainting algorithms: Marcelo Bertalmio's PDE-based algorithm and Zhaolin Lu et al's exemplar-based algorithm. Through experiments on images with different sized occluded regions, it finds that the PDE-based algorithm cannot reconnect structures or restore textures in large regions, while the exemplar-based algorithm can find patches to fill regions while preserving structures. Quantitative evaluation using PSNR shows the exemplar-based algorithm achieves lower MSE (error) for occlusion sizes from 10 to 40 pixels. The document provides examples comparing output of the two algorithms and discusses parameters needed for each.
2.[7 12]combined structure and texture image inpainting algorithm for natural...Alexander Decker
This document summarizes a research paper that proposes a new algorithm for completing images of natural scenes where part of the image is missing or damaged. The algorithm first decomposes the original image into a structure component and a texture component. It then uses different techniques to reconstruct each component separately. The structure component is reconstructed using an algorithm that fills in missing information, while the texture component is repaired using an exemplar-based texture synthesis technique. The researchers believe this combined approach performs better than existing methods by taking advantage of both structure inpainting and texture synthesis. They provide results comparing their method to other approaches on various natural images.
11.combined structure and texture image inpainting algorithm for natural scen...Alexander Decker
This document presents a combined structure and texture image inpainting algorithm for natural scene image completion. It first decomposes the original image into a structure component and a texture component. It then reconstructs the missing information in the structure component using a structure inpainting algorithm and repairs the texture component using an exemplar-based texture synthesis technique. The algorithm takes advantage of both structure inpainting and texture synthesis methods to effectively reconstruct images. Experimental results on natural images show the proposed approach provides higher quality inpainted images compared to some existing methods.
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Image Enhancement and Restoration by Image InpaintingIJERA Editor
Inpainting is the process of reconstructing lost or deteriorated part of images based on the background information. i. e .it fills the missing or damaged region in an image utilizing spatial information of its neighboring region. Inpainting algorithm have numerous applications. It is helpfully used for restoration of old films and object removal in digital photographs. The main goal of the algorithm is to modify the damaged region in an image in such a way that the inpainted region is undetectable to the ordinary observers who are not familiar with the original image. This proposed work presents image inpainting process for image enhancement and restoration by using structural, texture and exemplar techniques. This paper presents efficient algorithm that combines the advantages of these two approaches. We first note that exemplar-based texture synthesis contains the essential process required to replicate both texture and structure; the success of structure propagation, however, is highly dependent on the order in which the filling proceeds. We propose a best-first algorithm in which the confidence in the synthesized pixel values is propagated in a manner similar to the propagation of information in inpainting. The actual color values are computed using exemplar-based synthesis. Computational efficiency is achieved by a blockbased sampling process.
This document provides a review of various approaches for image inpainting, which is the process of restoring lost or damaged parts of an image. It discusses partial differential equation (PDE) based inpainting, exemplar based inpainting, texture synthesis based inpainting, and hybrid inpainting approaches. PDE based methods diffuse image information into missing regions but can produce blurry results for large textures. Exemplar based methods iteratively copy patches from surrounding areas to fill missing regions, better preserving textures but being computationally expensive. The document provides an overview of different inpainting techniques and their applications and limitations.
A Survey of Image Segmentation based on Artificial Intelligence and Evolution...IOSR Journals
Abstract : In image analysis, segmentation is the partitioning of a digital image into multiple regions (sets of
pixels), according to some homogeneity criterion. The problem of segmentation is a well-studied one in
literature and there are a wide variety of approaches that are used. Different approaches are suited to different
types of images and the quality of output of a particular algorithm is difficult to measure quantitatively due to
the fact that there may be much correct segmentation for a single image. Image segmentation denotes a process
by which a raw input image is partitioned into nonoverlapping regions such that each region is homogeneous
and the union of any two adjacent regions is heterogeneous. A segmented image is considered to be the highest
domain-independent abstraction of an input image. Image segmentation is an important processing step in many
image, video and computer vision applications. Extensive research has been done in creating many different
approaches and algorithms for image segmentation, but it is still difficult to assess whether one algorithm
produces more accurate segmentations than another, whether it be for a particular image or set of images, or
more generally, for a whole class of images.
In this paper, The Survey of Image Segmentation using Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Approach
methods that have been proposed in the literature. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. 1.
Introduction, 2.Literature review, 3.Noteworthy contributions in the field of proposed work, 4.Proposed
Methodology, 5.Expected outcome of the proposed research work, 6.Conclusion.
Keywords: Image Segmentation, Segmentation Algorithm, Artificial Intelligence, Evolutionary Algorithm,
Neural Network, Fuzzy Set, Clustering.
A Novel Feature Extraction Scheme for Medical X-Ray ImagesIJERA Editor
X-ray images are gray scale images with almost the same textural characteristic. Conventional texture or color
features cannot be used for appropriate categorization in medical x-ray image archives. This paper presents a
novel combination of methods like GLCM, LBP and HOG for extracting distinctive invariant features from Xray
images belonging to IRMA (Image Retrieval in Medical applications) database that can be used to perform
reliable matching between different views of an object or scene. GLCM represents the distributions of the
intensities and the information about relative positions of neighboring pixels of an image. The LBP features are
invariant to image scale and rotation, change in 3D viewpoint, addition of noise, and change in illumination A
HOG feature vector represents local shape of an object, having edge information at plural cells. These features
have been exploited in different algorithms for automatic classification of medical X-ray images. Excellent
experimental results obtained in true problems of rotation invariance, particular rotation angle, demonstrate that
good discrimination can be achieved with the occurrence statistics of simple rotation invariant local binary
patterns.
This document presents a novel approach for scale invariant partial shape matching of binary images. It discusses existing techniques for shape matching and their limitations, including problems related to scale, distortion, and the need for partial matching of open and closed contours. The proposed approach uses shape descriptors computed along open or closed contours to represent global shape. It then applies an alternative to dynamic time warping matching to compare shape representations in a way that is invariant to transformations and can match closed contours as a special case. The method is intended to improve on existing techniques by providing solutions to more matching problems through use of an extensive dataset and more flexible matching procedure.
2.[7 12]combined structure and texture image inpainting algorithm for natural...Alexander Decker
This document summarizes a research paper that proposes a new algorithm for completing images of natural scenes where part of the image is missing or damaged. The algorithm first decomposes the original image into a structure component and a texture component. It then uses different techniques to reconstruct each component separately. The structure component is reconstructed using an algorithm that fills in missing information, while the texture component is repaired using an exemplar-based texture synthesis technique. The researchers believe this combined approach performs better than existing methods by taking advantage of both structure inpainting and texture synthesis. They provide results comparing their method to other approaches on various natural images.
11.combined structure and texture image inpainting algorithm for natural scen...Alexander Decker
This document presents a combined structure and texture image inpainting algorithm for natural scene image completion. It first decomposes the original image into a structure component and a texture component. It then reconstructs the missing information in the structure component using a structure inpainting algorithm and repairs the texture component using an exemplar-based texture synthesis technique. The algorithm takes advantage of both structure inpainting and texture synthesis methods to effectively reconstruct images. Experimental results on natural images show the proposed approach provides higher quality inpainted images compared to some existing methods.
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International Journal of Engineering & Technical Research
ISSN : 2321-0869 (O) 2454-4698 (P)
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Image Enhancement and Restoration by Image InpaintingIJERA Editor
Inpainting is the process of reconstructing lost or deteriorated part of images based on the background information. i. e .it fills the missing or damaged region in an image utilizing spatial information of its neighboring region. Inpainting algorithm have numerous applications. It is helpfully used for restoration of old films and object removal in digital photographs. The main goal of the algorithm is to modify the damaged region in an image in such a way that the inpainted region is undetectable to the ordinary observers who are not familiar with the original image. This proposed work presents image inpainting process for image enhancement and restoration by using structural, texture and exemplar techniques. This paper presents efficient algorithm that combines the advantages of these two approaches. We first note that exemplar-based texture synthesis contains the essential process required to replicate both texture and structure; the success of structure propagation, however, is highly dependent on the order in which the filling proceeds. We propose a best-first algorithm in which the confidence in the synthesized pixel values is propagated in a manner similar to the propagation of information in inpainting. The actual color values are computed using exemplar-based synthesis. Computational efficiency is achieved by a blockbased sampling process.
This document provides a review of various approaches for image inpainting, which is the process of restoring lost or damaged parts of an image. It discusses partial differential equation (PDE) based inpainting, exemplar based inpainting, texture synthesis based inpainting, and hybrid inpainting approaches. PDE based methods diffuse image information into missing regions but can produce blurry results for large textures. Exemplar based methods iteratively copy patches from surrounding areas to fill missing regions, better preserving textures but being computationally expensive. The document provides an overview of different inpainting techniques and their applications and limitations.
A Survey of Image Segmentation based on Artificial Intelligence and Evolution...IOSR Journals
Abstract : In image analysis, segmentation is the partitioning of a digital image into multiple regions (sets of
pixels), according to some homogeneity criterion. The problem of segmentation is a well-studied one in
literature and there are a wide variety of approaches that are used. Different approaches are suited to different
types of images and the quality of output of a particular algorithm is difficult to measure quantitatively due to
the fact that there may be much correct segmentation for a single image. Image segmentation denotes a process
by which a raw input image is partitioned into nonoverlapping regions such that each region is homogeneous
and the union of any two adjacent regions is heterogeneous. A segmented image is considered to be the highest
domain-independent abstraction of an input image. Image segmentation is an important processing step in many
image, video and computer vision applications. Extensive research has been done in creating many different
approaches and algorithms for image segmentation, but it is still difficult to assess whether one algorithm
produces more accurate segmentations than another, whether it be for a particular image or set of images, or
more generally, for a whole class of images.
In this paper, The Survey of Image Segmentation using Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Approach
methods that have been proposed in the literature. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. 1.
Introduction, 2.Literature review, 3.Noteworthy contributions in the field of proposed work, 4.Proposed
Methodology, 5.Expected outcome of the proposed research work, 6.Conclusion.
Keywords: Image Segmentation, Segmentation Algorithm, Artificial Intelligence, Evolutionary Algorithm,
Neural Network, Fuzzy Set, Clustering.
A Novel Feature Extraction Scheme for Medical X-Ray ImagesIJERA Editor
X-ray images are gray scale images with almost the same textural characteristic. Conventional texture or color
features cannot be used for appropriate categorization in medical x-ray image archives. This paper presents a
novel combination of methods like GLCM, LBP and HOG for extracting distinctive invariant features from Xray
images belonging to IRMA (Image Retrieval in Medical applications) database that can be used to perform
reliable matching between different views of an object or scene. GLCM represents the distributions of the
intensities and the information about relative positions of neighboring pixels of an image. The LBP features are
invariant to image scale and rotation, change in 3D viewpoint, addition of noise, and change in illumination A
HOG feature vector represents local shape of an object, having edge information at plural cells. These features
have been exploited in different algorithms for automatic classification of medical X-ray images. Excellent
experimental results obtained in true problems of rotation invariance, particular rotation angle, demonstrate that
good discrimination can be achieved with the occurrence statistics of simple rotation invariant local binary
patterns.
This document presents a novel approach for scale invariant partial shape matching of binary images. It discusses existing techniques for shape matching and their limitations, including problems related to scale, distortion, and the need for partial matching of open and closed contours. The proposed approach uses shape descriptors computed along open or closed contours to represent global shape. It then applies an alternative to dynamic time warping matching to compare shape representations in a way that is invariant to transformations and can match closed contours as a special case. The method is intended to improve on existing techniques by providing solutions to more matching problems through use of an extensive dataset and more flexible matching procedure.
Land Boundary Detection of an Island using improved Morphological OperationCSCJournals
Image analysis is one of the important tasks to obtain the information about earth surface. To detect and mark a particular land area, it is required to have the image from remote place. To recognize the same, the accurate boundary of that area has to be detected. In this paper, the example of remote sensing image has been considered. The accurate detection of the boundary is a complex task. A novel method has been proposed in this paper to detect the boundary of such land. Mathematical morphology is a simple and efficient method for this type of task. The morphological analysis is performed using structure elements (SE). By using mathematical morphology the images can be enhanced and then the boundary can be detected easily. Simultaneously the noise is removed by using the proposed model. The results exhibit the performance of the proposed method. Keywords: Remote Sensing images ; Edge detection; Gray- scale Morphological analysis, Structuring Element (SE).
Survey on Brain MRI Segmentation TechniquesEditor IJMTER
Image segmentation is aimed at cutting out, a ROI (Region of Interest) from an image. For
medical images, segmentation is done for: studying the anatomical structure, identifying ROI ie tumor
or any other abnormalities, identifying the increase in tissue volume in a region, treatment planning.
Currently there are many different algorithms available for image segmentation. This paper lists and
compares some of them. Each has their own advantages and limitations.
A NOVEL PROBABILISTIC BASED IMAGE SEGMENTATION MODEL FOR REALTIME HUMAN ACTIV...sipij
Automatic human activity detection is one of the difficult tasks in image segmentation application due to
variations in size, type, shape and location of objects. In the traditional probabilistic graphical
segmentation models, intra and inter region segments may affect the overall segmentation accuracy. Also,
both directed and undirected graphical models such as Markov model, conditional random field have
limitations towards the human activity prediction and heterogeneous relationships. In this paper, we have
studied and proposed a natural solution for automatic human activity segmentation using the enhanced
probabilistic chain graphical model. This system has three main phases, namely activity pre-processing,
iterative threshold based image enhancement and chain graph segmentation algorithm. Experimental
results show that proposed system efficiently detects the human activities at different levels of the action
datasets.
International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science (IRJES)irjes
This document provides a survey of pattern recognition techniques using fuzzy clustering approaches for image segmentation. It discusses how fuzzy logic and soft computing techniques can be applied to edge detection and image segmentation problems. Specifically, it describes fuzzy clustering algorithms like fuzzy c-means clustering and hierarchical clustering that have been used for image segmentation. It also discusses other related topics like fuzzy logic in pattern recognition and image processing, and different methods for evaluating image segmentation techniques.
This document discusses various techniques for analyzing the texture of images. It begins by classifying texture analysis into three categories: pixel-based, local feature-based, and region-based. Pixel-based techniques use grey level co-occurrence matrices and histograms. Local feature-based techniques use edges and generalized co-occurrence matrices. Region-based techniques use region growing and topographic models. The document then provides an overview of statistical, model-based, geometrical, and signal processing texture analysis methods. It notes that the grey level co-occurrence matrix introduced by Haralick et al. became a standard due to natural textures being difficult to analyze with autocorrelation alone.
Study of Image Inpainting Technique Based on TV Modelijsrd.com
This paper is related with an image inpainting method by which we can reconstruct a damaged or missing portion of an image. A fast image inpainting algorithm based on TV (Total variational) model is proposed on the basis of analysis of local characteristics, which shows the more information around damaged pixels appears, the faster the information diffuses. The algorithm first stratifies and filters the pixels around damaged region according to priority, and then iteratively inpaint the damaged pixels from outside to inside on the grounds of priority again. By using this algorithm inpainting speed of the algorithm is faster and greater impact.
An implementation of novel genetic based clustering algorithm for color image...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
The color image segmentation is one of most crucial application in image processing. It can apply to medical image segmentation for a brain tumor and skin cancer detection or color object detection on CCTV traffic video image segmentation and also for face recognition, fingerprint recognition etc. The color image segmentation has faced the problem of multidimensionality. The color image is considered in five-dimensional problems, three dimensions in color (RGB) and two dimensions in geometry (luminosity layer and chromaticity layer). In this paper the, L*a*b color space conversion has been used to reduce the one dimensional and geometrically it converts in the array hence the further one dimension has been reduced. The a*b space is clustered using genetic algorithm process, which minimizes the overall distance of the cluster, which is randomly placed at the start of the segmentation process. The segmentation results of this method give clear segments based on the different color and it can be applied to any application.
This document proposes a new method for segmenting outdoor images called Color Cluster Elimination (CCE) which utilizes color clustering and texture analysis. CCE performs color clustering in a multi-resolution pyramid to gradually eliminate larger color clusters, preventing them from dominating segmentation and allowing smaller clusters to emerge more clearly. It then examines regions for adjacent homochromatic objects with different textures, introducing Texture Sewn Response (TSR) to indicate texture strength across resolutions/directions. The method is evaluated on the BSDS500 dataset against other metrics, demonstrating satisfactory performance for outdoor scene segmentation.
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A CONCERT EVALUATION OF EXEMPLAR BASED IMAGE INPAINTING ALGORITHMS FOR NATURA...cscpconf
Image inpainting derives from restoration of art works, and has been applied to repair ancient
art works. Inpainting is a technique of restoring a partially damaged or occluded image in an
undetectable way. It fills the damaged part of an image by employing information of the
undamaged part according to some rules to make it look “reasonable” to human eyes. Digital
image inpainting is relatively new area of research, but numerous and different approaches to
tackle the inpainting problem have been proposed since the concept was first introduced. This
paper analyzes and compares the recent exemplar based inpainting algorithms by Minqin Wang
and Hao Guo et al. A number of examples on real images are demonstrated to evaluate the
results of algorithms using Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR)
ROLE OF HYBRID LEVEL SET IN FETAL CONTOUR EXTRACTIONsipij
Image processing technologies may be employed for quicker and accurate diagnosis in analysis and
feature extraction of medical images. Here, existing level set algorithm is modified and it is employed for
extracting contour of fetus in an image. In traditional approach, fetal parameters are extracted manually
from ultrasound images. An automatic technique is highly desirable to obtain fetal biometric measurements
due to some problems in traditional approach such as lack of consistency and accuracy. The proposed
approach utilizes global & local region information for fetal contour extraction from ultrasonic images.
The main goal of this research is to develop a new methodology to aid the analysis and feature extraction.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
OBJECT SEGMENTATION USING MULTISCALE MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONSijcseit
Object segmentation plays an important role in human visual perception, medical image processing and content based image retrieval. It provides information for recognition and interpretation. This paper uses mathematical morphology for image segmentation. Object segmentation is difficult because one usually does not know a priori what type of object exists in an image, how many different shapes are there and what regions the image has. To carryout discrimination and segmentation several innovative segmentation methods, based on morphology are proposed. The present study proposes segmentation method based on multiscale morphological reconstructions. Various sizes of structuring elements have been used to segment simple and complex shapes. It enhances local boundaries that may lead to improve segmentation accuracy.The method is tested on various datasets and results shows that it can be used for both interactive and automatic segmentation.
Eugen Zaharescu-STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTEugen Zaharescu
- The document is a research statement from Dr. Eugen ZAHARESCU that outlines his interests in mathematical morphology, image analysis, and ontology generation.
- His research has included extending mathematical morphology theory to multivariate images and exploring morphological operators in logarithmic image processing.
- More recently, he has developed algorithms and tools for machine learning, computer vision, and image understanding by applying mathematical concepts from morphology.
This document discusses k-means clustering for image segmentation. It begins with an abstract describing a color-based image segmentation method using k-means clustering to partition pixels into homogeneous clusters. It then provides background on image segmentation and k-means clustering. The document outlines the k-means clustering algorithm and applies it to segment an example image ("rotapple.jpg") into three clusters corresponding to different image regions. It concludes that k-means clustering provides an effective approach for basic image segmentation.
Image in Painting Techniques: A survey IOSR Journals
This document provides a survey of different image inpainting techniques. It discusses approaches such as texture synthesis based inpainting, PDE (partial differential equation) based inpainting, exemplar based inpainting, hybrid inpainting, and semi-automatic inpainting. Texture synthesis approaches recreate textures within missing regions by sampling from surrounding textures. PDE based methods diffuse image information into missing areas. Exemplar based techniques iteratively copy patches from surrounding regions. Hybrid methods combine approaches. The document analyzes strengths and limitations of each technique.
A trends of salmonella and antibiotic resistanceAlexander Decker
This document provides a review of trends in Salmonella and antibiotic resistance. It begins with an introduction to Salmonella as a facultative anaerobe that causes nontyphoidal salmonellosis. The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella is then discussed. The document proceeds to cover the historical perspective and classification of Salmonella, definitions of antimicrobials and antibiotic resistance, and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella including modification or destruction of antimicrobial agents, efflux pumps, modification of antibiotic targets, and decreased membrane permeability. Specific resistance mechanisms are discussed for several classes of antimicrobials.
A unique common fixed point theorems in generalized dAlexander Decker
This document presents definitions and properties related to generalized D*-metric spaces and establishes some common fixed point theorems for contractive type mappings in these spaces. It begins by introducing D*-metric spaces and generalized D*-metric spaces, defines concepts like convergence and Cauchy sequences. It presents lemmas showing the uniqueness of limits in these spaces and the equivalence of different definitions of convergence. The goal of the paper is then stated as obtaining a unique common fixed point theorem for generalized D*-metric spaces.
A universal model for managing the marketing executives in nigerian banksAlexander Decker
This document discusses a study that aimed to synthesize motivation theories into a universal model for managing marketing executives in Nigerian banks. The study was guided by Maslow and McGregor's theories. A sample of 303 marketing executives was used. The results showed that managers will be most effective at motivating marketing executives if they consider individual needs and create challenging but attainable goals. The emerged model suggests managers should provide job satisfaction by tailoring assignments to abilities and monitoring performance with feedback. This addresses confusion faced by Nigerian bank managers in determining effective motivation strategies.
A usability evaluation framework for b2 c e commerce websitesAlexander Decker
This document presents a framework for evaluating the usability of B2C e-commerce websites. It involves user testing methods like usability testing and interviews to identify usability problems in areas like navigation, design, purchasing processes, and customer service. The framework specifies goals for the evaluation, determines which website aspects to evaluate, and identifies target users. It then describes collecting data through user testing and analyzing the results to identify usability problems and suggest improvements.
Abnormalities of hormones and inflammatory cytokines in women affected with p...Alexander Decker
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have elevated levels of hormones like luteinizing hormone and testosterone, as well as higher levels of insulin and insulin resistance compared to healthy women. They also have increased levels of inflammatory markers like C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and leptin. This study found these abnormalities in the hormones and inflammatory cytokines of women with PCOS ages 23-40, indicating that hormone imbalances associated with insulin resistance and elevated inflammatory markers may worsen infertility in women with PCOS.
Land Boundary Detection of an Island using improved Morphological OperationCSCJournals
Image analysis is one of the important tasks to obtain the information about earth surface. To detect and mark a particular land area, it is required to have the image from remote place. To recognize the same, the accurate boundary of that area has to be detected. In this paper, the example of remote sensing image has been considered. The accurate detection of the boundary is a complex task. A novel method has been proposed in this paper to detect the boundary of such land. Mathematical morphology is a simple and efficient method for this type of task. The morphological analysis is performed using structure elements (SE). By using mathematical morphology the images can be enhanced and then the boundary can be detected easily. Simultaneously the noise is removed by using the proposed model. The results exhibit the performance of the proposed method. Keywords: Remote Sensing images ; Edge detection; Gray- scale Morphological analysis, Structuring Element (SE).
Survey on Brain MRI Segmentation TechniquesEditor IJMTER
Image segmentation is aimed at cutting out, a ROI (Region of Interest) from an image. For
medical images, segmentation is done for: studying the anatomical structure, identifying ROI ie tumor
or any other abnormalities, identifying the increase in tissue volume in a region, treatment planning.
Currently there are many different algorithms available for image segmentation. This paper lists and
compares some of them. Each has their own advantages and limitations.
A NOVEL PROBABILISTIC BASED IMAGE SEGMENTATION MODEL FOR REALTIME HUMAN ACTIV...sipij
Automatic human activity detection is one of the difficult tasks in image segmentation application due to
variations in size, type, shape and location of objects. In the traditional probabilistic graphical
segmentation models, intra and inter region segments may affect the overall segmentation accuracy. Also,
both directed and undirected graphical models such as Markov model, conditional random field have
limitations towards the human activity prediction and heterogeneous relationships. In this paper, we have
studied and proposed a natural solution for automatic human activity segmentation using the enhanced
probabilistic chain graphical model. This system has three main phases, namely activity pre-processing,
iterative threshold based image enhancement and chain graph segmentation algorithm. Experimental
results show that proposed system efficiently detects the human activities at different levels of the action
datasets.
International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science (IRJES)irjes
This document provides a survey of pattern recognition techniques using fuzzy clustering approaches for image segmentation. It discusses how fuzzy logic and soft computing techniques can be applied to edge detection and image segmentation problems. Specifically, it describes fuzzy clustering algorithms like fuzzy c-means clustering and hierarchical clustering that have been used for image segmentation. It also discusses other related topics like fuzzy logic in pattern recognition and image processing, and different methods for evaluating image segmentation techniques.
This document discusses various techniques for analyzing the texture of images. It begins by classifying texture analysis into three categories: pixel-based, local feature-based, and region-based. Pixel-based techniques use grey level co-occurrence matrices and histograms. Local feature-based techniques use edges and generalized co-occurrence matrices. Region-based techniques use region growing and topographic models. The document then provides an overview of statistical, model-based, geometrical, and signal processing texture analysis methods. It notes that the grey level co-occurrence matrix introduced by Haralick et al. became a standard due to natural textures being difficult to analyze with autocorrelation alone.
Study of Image Inpainting Technique Based on TV Modelijsrd.com
This paper is related with an image inpainting method by which we can reconstruct a damaged or missing portion of an image. A fast image inpainting algorithm based on TV (Total variational) model is proposed on the basis of analysis of local characteristics, which shows the more information around damaged pixels appears, the faster the information diffuses. The algorithm first stratifies and filters the pixels around damaged region according to priority, and then iteratively inpaint the damaged pixels from outside to inside on the grounds of priority again. By using this algorithm inpainting speed of the algorithm is faster and greater impact.
An implementation of novel genetic based clustering algorithm for color image...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
The color image segmentation is one of most crucial application in image processing. It can apply to medical image segmentation for a brain tumor and skin cancer detection or color object detection on CCTV traffic video image segmentation and also for face recognition, fingerprint recognition etc. The color image segmentation has faced the problem of multidimensionality. The color image is considered in five-dimensional problems, three dimensions in color (RGB) and two dimensions in geometry (luminosity layer and chromaticity layer). In this paper the, L*a*b color space conversion has been used to reduce the one dimensional and geometrically it converts in the array hence the further one dimension has been reduced. The a*b space is clustered using genetic algorithm process, which minimizes the overall distance of the cluster, which is randomly placed at the start of the segmentation process. The segmentation results of this method give clear segments based on the different color and it can be applied to any application.
This document proposes a new method for segmenting outdoor images called Color Cluster Elimination (CCE) which utilizes color clustering and texture analysis. CCE performs color clustering in a multi-resolution pyramid to gradually eliminate larger color clusters, preventing them from dominating segmentation and allowing smaller clusters to emerge more clearly. It then examines regions for adjacent homochromatic objects with different textures, introducing Texture Sewn Response (TSR) to indicate texture strength across resolutions/directions. The method is evaluated on the BSDS500 dataset against other metrics, demonstrating satisfactory performance for outdoor scene segmentation.
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Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering,
Information Engineering and Technology,
Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,
Automation and Mechatronics Engineering,
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Civil and Architecture Engineering,
Biotechnology and Bio Engineering,
Environmental Engineering,
Petroleum and Mining Engineering,
Marine and Agriculture engineering,
Aerospace Engineering.
A CONCERT EVALUATION OF EXEMPLAR BASED IMAGE INPAINTING ALGORITHMS FOR NATURA...cscpconf
Image inpainting derives from restoration of art works, and has been applied to repair ancient
art works. Inpainting is a technique of restoring a partially damaged or occluded image in an
undetectable way. It fills the damaged part of an image by employing information of the
undamaged part according to some rules to make it look “reasonable” to human eyes. Digital
image inpainting is relatively new area of research, but numerous and different approaches to
tackle the inpainting problem have been proposed since the concept was first introduced. This
paper analyzes and compares the recent exemplar based inpainting algorithms by Minqin Wang
and Hao Guo et al. A number of examples on real images are demonstrated to evaluate the
results of algorithms using Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR)
ROLE OF HYBRID LEVEL SET IN FETAL CONTOUR EXTRACTIONsipij
Image processing technologies may be employed for quicker and accurate diagnosis in analysis and
feature extraction of medical images. Here, existing level set algorithm is modified and it is employed for
extracting contour of fetus in an image. In traditional approach, fetal parameters are extracted manually
from ultrasound images. An automatic technique is highly desirable to obtain fetal biometric measurements
due to some problems in traditional approach such as lack of consistency and accuracy. The proposed
approach utilizes global & local region information for fetal contour extraction from ultrasonic images.
The main goal of this research is to develop a new methodology to aid the analysis and feature extraction.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
OBJECT SEGMENTATION USING MULTISCALE MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONSijcseit
Object segmentation plays an important role in human visual perception, medical image processing and content based image retrieval. It provides information for recognition and interpretation. This paper uses mathematical morphology for image segmentation. Object segmentation is difficult because one usually does not know a priori what type of object exists in an image, how many different shapes are there and what regions the image has. To carryout discrimination and segmentation several innovative segmentation methods, based on morphology are proposed. The present study proposes segmentation method based on multiscale morphological reconstructions. Various sizes of structuring elements have been used to segment simple and complex shapes. It enhances local boundaries that may lead to improve segmentation accuracy.The method is tested on various datasets and results shows that it can be used for both interactive and automatic segmentation.
Eugen Zaharescu-STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTEugen Zaharescu
- The document is a research statement from Dr. Eugen ZAHARESCU that outlines his interests in mathematical morphology, image analysis, and ontology generation.
- His research has included extending mathematical morphology theory to multivariate images and exploring morphological operators in logarithmic image processing.
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Image in Painting Techniques: A survey IOSR Journals
This document provides a survey of different image inpainting techniques. It discusses approaches such as texture synthesis based inpainting, PDE (partial differential equation) based inpainting, exemplar based inpainting, hybrid inpainting, and semi-automatic inpainting. Texture synthesis approaches recreate textures within missing regions by sampling from surrounding textures. PDE based methods diffuse image information into missing areas. Exemplar based techniques iteratively copy patches from surrounding regions. Hybrid methods combine approaches. The document analyzes strengths and limitations of each technique.
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A unique common fixed point theorems in generalized dAlexander Decker
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2.[7 12]combined structure and texture image inpainting algorithm for natural...Alexander Decker
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Inpainting refers to the art of restoring lost parts of image and reconstructing them based on the background information i.e Image inpainting is the process of reconstructing lost or deteriorated parts of images using information from surrounding areas. In fine art museums, inpainting of degraded paintings is traditionally carried out by professional artists and usually very time consuming.The purpose of inpainting is to reconstruct missing regions in a visually plausible manner so that it seems reasonable to the human eye. There have been several approaches proposed for the same.
This paper gives an overview of different Techniques of Image Inpainting.The proposed work includes the overview of PDE based inpainting algorithm and Texture synthesis based inpainting algorithm. This paper presents a brief survey on comparative study of these two techniques used for Image Inpainting.
REMOVING OCCLUSION IN IMAGES USING SPARSE PROCESSING AND TEXTURE SYNTHESISIJCSEA Journal
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This document summarizes several existing techniques for image inpainting, including texture synthesis, geometric partial differential equations (PDEs), and coherence-based methods. It then proposes a combined model that incorporates elements of these different approaches into a variational framework. Specifically, it suggests combining texture synthesis, PDE-based diffusion, and enforcing coherence among neighboring pixels and across frames for video inpainting. The goal is to approximate the minimum of the proposed energy functional to better fill in missing or corrupted regions of images and video frames.
This paper proposes a new algorithm for removing large objects from digital images by filling in the removed region in a visually plausible manner. It combines exemplar-based texture synthesis with structure propagation from image inpainting. The key insights are that exemplar-based texture synthesis can replicate both texture and structure if the filling order is determined by propagating confidence in pixel values similar to inpainting, and that a single algorithm can synthesize both pure and composite textures. The proposed algorithm efficiently synthesizes textures and propagates structures into the removed region by sampling exemplar patches based on a confidence term calculated from local image gradients. This allows it to generate natural-looking results while avoiding blurring issues of previous approaches.
Comparative Study and Analysis of Image Inpainting TechniquesIOSR Journals
Abstract: Image inpainting is a technique to fill missing region or reconstruct damage area from an image.It
removes an undesirable object from an image in visually plausible way.For filling the part of image, it use
information from the neighboring area. In this dissertation work, we present a Examplar based method for
filling in the missing information in an image, which takes structure synthesis and texture sysnthesis together.
In exemplar based approach it used local information from an image to patch propagation.We have also
implement Nonlocal Mean approach for exemplar based image inpainting.In Nonlocal mean approach it find
multiple samples of best exemplar patches for patch propagation and weight their contribution according to
their similarity to the neighborhood under evaluation. We have further extended this algorithm by considering
collaborative filtering method to synthesize and propagate with multiple samples of best exemplar patches. We
have to preformed experiment on many images and found that our algorithm successfully inpaint the target
region.We have tested the accuracy of our algorithm by finding parameter like PSNR and compared PSNR
value for all three different approaches.
Keywords: Texture Synthesis, Structure Synthesis, Patch Propagation ,imageinpainting ,nonlocal approach,
collabrative filtering.
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EXTENDED WAVELET TRANSFORM BASED IMAGE INPAINTING ALGORITHM FOR NATURAL SCENE...cscpconf
This paper proposes an exemplar based image inpainting using extended wavelet transform. The
Image inpainting modifies an image with the available information outside the region to be
inpainted in an undetectable way. The extended wavelet transform is in two dimensions. The
Laplacian pyramid is first used to capture the point discontinuities, and then followed by a
directional filter bank to link point discontinuities into linear structures. The proposed model
effectively captures the edges and contours of natural scene images
Feature Extraction for Image Classification and Analysis with Ant Colony Opti...sipij
The problem of structure extraction from the image which contains many clustered objects is a challenging one for high level image analysis. When an image contains many clustered objects overlapping of objects can cause for hiding the structure. The existing segmentation techniques for better understanding, not able to the address the constituent parts of the image implicitly. The approaches like multistage segmentation address to some extent, but for each stage a separate structure is extracted, and thus causes for the ambiguity about the structure. The proposed approach called Ant Colony Optimization and Fuzzy logic based technique resolves this problem, and gives the implicit structure, that meets with original structure. The segmentation approach uses the swarm intelligence technique based on the behavior of the ant colonies. The segmentation is the process of separating the non-overlapping regions that constitute an image. The segmentation is important for structured and non-structured image analysis and classification for better understanding.
IRJET - Deep Learning Approach to Inpainting and Outpainting SystemIRJET Journal
This document discusses a deep learning approach for image inpainting and outpainting. It proposes a new generative model-based approach using a fully convolutional neural network that can process images with multiple holes at variable locations and sizes. The model aims to not only synthesize novel image structures, but also explicitly utilize surrounding image features as references during training to generate better predictions. Experiments on faces, textures and natural images demonstrate the proposed approach generates higher quality inpainting results than existing methods. It aims to address limitations of CNNs in borrowing information from distant areas by leveraging texture and patch synthesis approaches.
This document discusses using super-resolution-based in-painting for object removal in images. It begins with an overview of in-painting and exemplar-based in-painting methods. It then proposes a new framework that combines exemplar-based in-painting with a single-image super-resolution method. This approach improves image quality by producing high-resolution outputs with less noise compared to exemplar-based in-painting alone. The document concludes the proposed method increases robustness for applications like satellite imaging and medical imaging by providing high quality images with damaged objects removed.
This paper proposes a new fuzzy similarity measure called Fuzzy Monotonic Inclusion (FMI) to measure similarity between images for image retrieval systems. The FMI approach segments images into regions, extracts features for each region, and maps the features into a fuzzy similarity model based on fuzzy inclusion. Experimental results on the Label Me image dataset show the FMI approach achieves higher precision than other methods like Unified Feature Matching and Fuzzy Histogram in identifying images by semantic class.
Texture refers to the spatial arrangement of basic image elements or textons. It provides useful information for identifying objects or regions of interest. Texture representation has applications in areas like object recognition, medical imaging, and scene understanding. This document discusses several aspects of texture representation, including texture shape extraction, texture synthesis, and texture segmentation. It also describes challenges in representing textures from large images and video, and proposes a method to automatically infer a compact texture representation from input data without external information.
Texture Unit based Approach to Discriminate Manmade Scenes from Natural Scenesidescitation
This document summarizes a research paper that proposes a method to discriminate between natural and manmade scenes using texture analysis. It analyzes local texture information in images using a "texture unit matrix" approach. Texture units characterize the texture of a pixel and its neighbors. Texture unit matrices are generated from images and used to form feature vectors. A self-organizing map (SOM) classifier is then used to classify images as natural or manmade based on these feature vectors. The researchers tested their method on databases of "near" scenes within 10 meters and "far" scenes about 500 meters away. Their results found that analyzing the minimum texture unit matrix in a base-5 approach provided the most accurate classifications between natural and manmade scenes
The document presents a new method for segmenting MR brain images that combines a hidden Markov random field (HMRF) model with a hybrid metaheuristic optimization algorithm. The HMRF model uses adaptive parameters to balance contributions from different tissue classes during segmentation. The hybrid metaheuristic algorithm improves the quality of solutions during HMRF optimization by combining the cuckoo search and particle swarm optimization algorithms. Experimental results on simulated and real MR brain images show the proposed method achieves satisfactory segmentation performance for images with noise and intensity inhomogeneity.
ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SELF ORGANIZING FEATURE MAP FOR IMAGE FUSIONijistjournal
A different image fusion algorithm based on self organizing feature map is proposed in this paper, aiming to produce quality images. Image Fusion is to integrate complementary and redundant information from multiple images of the same scene to create a single composite image that contains all the important features of the original images. The resulting fused image will thus be more suitable for human and machine perception or for further image processing tasks. The existing fusion techniques based on either direct operation on pixels or segments fail to produce fused images of the required quality and are mostly application based. The existing segmentation algorithms become complicated and time consuming when multiple images are to be fused. A new method of segmenting and fusion of gray scale images adopting Self organizing Feature Maps(SOM) is proposed in this paper. The Self Organizing Feature Maps is adopted to produce multiple slices of the source and reference images based on various combination of gray scale and can dynamically fused depending on the application. The proposed technique is adopted and analyzed for fusion of multiple images. The technique is robust in the sense that there will be no loss in information due to the property of Self Organizing Feature Maps; noise removal in the source images done during processing stage and fusion of multiple images is dynamically done to get the desired results. Experimental results demonstrate that, for the quality multifocus image fusion, the proposed method performs better than some popular image fusion methods in both subjective and objective qualities.
INFORMATION SATURATION IN MULTISPECTRAL PIXEL LEVEL IMAGE FUSIONIJCI JOURNAL
The availability of imaging sensors operating in multiple spectral bands has led to the requirement of
image fusion algorithms that would combine the image from these sensors in an efficient way to give an
image that is more informative as well as perceptible to human eye. Multispectral image fusion is the
process of combining images from different spectral bands that are optically acquired. In this paper, we
used a pixel-level image fusion based on principal component analysis that combines satellite images of the
same scene from seven different spectral bands. The purpose of using principal component analysis
technique is that it is best method for Grayscale image fusion and gives better results. The main aim of
PCA technique is to reduce a large set of variables into a small set which still contains most of the
information that was present in the large set. The paper compares different parameters namely, entropy,
standard deviation, correlation coefficient etc. for different number of images fused from two to seven.
Finally, the paper shows that the information content in an image gets saturated after fusing four images.
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Comparative Analysis and Evaluation of Image
inpainting Algorithms
K. Sangeetha, P.Sengottuvelan, E. Balamurugan
Department of Information Technology, BIT, Tamilnadu, India
*Email: kavigeeth@yahoo.com
Abstract
Image inpainting refers to the task of filling in the missing or damaged regions of an image in an
undetectable manner. There are a large variety of image inpainting algorithms existing in the literature.
They can broadly be grouped into two categories such as Partial Differential Equation (PDE) based
algorithms and Exemplar based Texture synthesis algorithms. However no recent study has been
undertaken for a comparative evaluation of these algorithms. In this paper, we are comparing two
different types of image inpainting algorithms. The algorithms analyzed are Marcelo Bertalmio’s PDE
based inpainting algorithm and Zhaolin Lu et al’s exemplar based Image inpainting algorithm. Both
theoretical analysis and experiments have made to analyze the results of these image inpainting
algorithms on the basis of both qualitative and quantitative way.
Keywords: Image inpainting, Exemplar based, Texture synthesis, Partial Differential Equation
(PDE).
1. Introduction
The concept of image inpainting has been around since the first inpainting algorithm proposed by
Bertalmio et al (2000). Removing objects or portions of an image then filling in the missing data is a
critical problem in photo-editing and film post-production, such as image restoration (e.g. scratch
removal) and special effects (e.g. removal of objects). The goal of image inpainting varies, depending
on the application, from making the completed area look consistent with the rest of the image, to
making them as close as possible to the original image. The applications of image inpainting consist of
restoration of photographs, paintings, films and completion of occluded regions.
There are two primary categories of the work that focus on missing image data recovery. One is the
Partial Differential Equation(PDE) based inpainting techniques for filling in small image gaps
and the other is an exemplar based texture synthesis algorithms for generating large image
regions from sample textures.
2. Literature Review
There are a large variety of image inpainting algorithms found in the literature. The purpose of this
paper is to introduce some of the inpainting algorithms that exist from the previous research into this
area. We will group them into two broad categories such as PDE based and Exemplar based
algorithms.
2.1 PDE based inpainting algorithms
Bertalmio et al (2000) first presented the notion of digital image inpainting and used third order Partial
Differential Equations (PDE) to propagate the known image information into the missing regions along
the direction of isophote. Many algorithms (C. Ballester et al (2001), M. Bertalmio et al (2001), M.
Bertalmio et al (2000), T. Chan and J. Shen (2001), S. Masnou et al (1998)) address the region filling
issue for the task of image inpainting where speckles, scratches, and overlaid text are removed. These
image inpainting techniques are used to fill the holes in images by propagating linear structures into the
target region via diffusion. They are inspired by the partial differential equations of physical heat flow
and work convincingly as restoration algorithms. Their drawback is that the diffusion process
introduces some blur, which becomes noticeable when filling larger regions.
Later Bertalmio et al (2000), this inpainting approach was modified to take into account the Navier-
Stokes flow Bertalmio et al (2001). This operation propagates information into the masked region
while preserving the edges. So image inpainting is used to preserve edges across the missing regions,
but when repairing large regions it introduces some blur easily.
Chan et al (2000) present the Total Variation (TV) inpainting model in Levin et al (2003), based on
the Euler Lagrange equation, employs anisotropic diffusion based on the contrast of the isophote. This
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model, designed for inpainting small regions, does a good job at removing noise, but couldn’t repair
large regions also. The Curvature- Driven Diffusion (CDD) model T. Chan and J. Shen (2001), extends
the TV algorithm to also take into account geometric information of isophote when defining the
strength of the diffusion process, thus allowing the inpainting to proceed over larger areas. Although
some of the broken edges are connected by the CDD approach, the resulting interpolated segments
appear blurry.
There are many PDE based inpainting models (T.F. Chan et al (2002), T.F. Chan and J. Shen (2002),
T.F. Chan Sung Ha Kang (2004), S. Esedoglu and J. Shen (2002)) and all of these models are suitable
for completing small, non-textured target region. The PDE proposed by Marcelo Bertalmio (2006) is
optimal in the sense that it is the most accurate third-order PDE which can ensure continuation of level
lines. The continuation is strong, allowing the restoration of thin structures occluded by a wide gap.
Because of PDE based inpainting algorithms process the images only based on the local information,
so when the target region is large or textured, the visual perception of the processed result is bad.
2.2 Exemplar based inpainting algorithms
A large number of exemplar based texture synthesis algorithms have been proposed that are based on
the idea of creating an artificial texture from the source sample. For textured images, image inpainting
alone may not reconstruct the object faithfully, and a statistical or template knowledge of the pattern
inside the missing area is needed as well. Natural images are composed of structures and textures, in
which the structures constitute the primal sketches of an image (e.g., the edges, corners, etc.) and the
textures are image regions with homogenous patterns or feature statistics (including the flat patterns).
One of the first attempts to use exemplar-based synthesis specifically for object removal was by
Harrison (2001). There, the order in which a pixel in the target region is filled was dictated by the level
of texturedness of the pixel’s neighborhood.
Exemplar-based techniques which cheaply and effectively generate new texture by sampling and
copying color values from the source were proposed by A. Efros and T. Leung (1999), M. Ashikhmin
(2001), A. Efros and W. T. Freeman (2001), Freeman et al (2000) and A. Hertzmann et al (2001). Jia et
al (2003) have presented a technique for filling image regions based on a texture-segmentation step and
a tensor-voting algorithm for the smooth linking of structures across holes. Zalesny et al (2002)
describe an algorithm for the parallel synthesis of composite textures.
The exemplar-based texture synthesis takes an exemplar and generates additional content based on that
exemplar to create much more content than is contained in the exemplar. Traditionally, exemplar-based
texture synthesis includes a correction process that compares neighborhoods of each synthesized pixel
with neighborhoods of the exemplar.
Criminisi et al (2004) designed an exemplar based inpainting algorithm by propagating the known
image patches (i.e., exemplars) into the missing patches gradually. To handle the missing region with
composite textures and structures, patch priority is defined to encourage the filling order of patches on
the structure.
Wu (2006) proposed a cross isophotes Examplar-based inpainting algorithm, in which a cross-
isophotes patch priority term was designed based on the analysis of anisotropic diffusion. Wong (2008)
proposed a nonlocal means approach for the examplar-based inpainting algorithm. The image patch is
inferred by the nonlocal means of a set of candidate patches in the known region instead of a single
best match patch.
More exemplar-based inpainting algorithms (G. T. N. Komodakis (2007), I. Drori et al (2005)) were
also proposed for image completion. Zhaolin Lu (2010) proposed an algorithm that copies the
determined source template to the destination template and updates the information of the destination
template.
All the aforementioned exemplar-based models used in image inpainting fills the target region with the
most similar exemplar in image. The whole exemplar is copied into target region, so the texture
information of image is well preserved. But they cannot preserve the linear structure well. These
exemplar-based image completion algorithms work well only if the missing region consists of simple
structure and texture. If there are not enough samples in the image, it will be impossible to synthesize
the desired image.
3. Overview of Marcelo Bertalmio’s PDE based inpainting algorithm and Zhaolin Lu et al’s
Exemplar based inpainting algorithm
Due to the large amount of previous research work, a large and variety of image inpainting algorithms
exist. To try and cover all the algorithms available would be infeasible. With this in mind, we have
decided to compare only two different algorithms. The first algorithm was the one that proposed by
Marcelo Bertalmio in [2006] which focuses on reconstructing the structure of occluded area. The
second algorithm was the one that proposed by Zhaolin Lu et al in [2010] which focuses on
reconstructing the texture of occluded area.
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The following is a brief explanation of Marcelo Bertalmio’s PDE based and Zhaolin Lu et al’s
exemplar based inpainting algorithms, which are chosen to do some experiments on real scene images
in section 5.
3.1 Marcelo Bertalmio’s PDE based inpainting algorithm
In this paper a third-order PDE have been introduced to perform geometric inpainting on images. The
image inpainting algorithm of Bertalmio et al (2000) is not contrast invariant, as it was pointed out by
Chan et al (2001). In this paper (Marcelo Bertalmio (2006)), the inpainting problem was reformulated
as a particular case of image interpolation in which the author intended to propagate level lines.
Expressing this in terms of local neighborhoods and using a Taylor expansion, a third-order PDE was
derived that performs inpainting. With this equation, the edges are propagated inside the gap with
minimum bending, allowing for the connection of thin structures occluded by a wide gap, and also the
formation of corners. This PDE is optimal in the sense that it is the most accurate third-order PDE
which can ensure good continuation of level lines. The continuation is strong, allowing restoring thin
structures occluded by a wide gap. The result is also contrast in-variant.
This algorithm performs well for small filling region images and preserves the linear structures.
3.2 Zhaolin Lu et al’s Exemplar based inpainting algorithm
In this paper, the method by Criminisi et al (2004) was improved by the use of geometrical structure
feature of image. The contributions of this new approach (Zhaolin Lu et al (2010)) consist of the
following aspects:
(1) The size of image patch can be decided based on the gradient domain of image. (2) The filling
priority is decided by the geometrical structure feature of image, especially the curvature and the
direction of the isophotes. (3) It introduces a better patch-matching scheme, which incorporates the
curvature and color of image.
This algorithm performs well even for a large filling region images and for textured regions.
4. Evaluation Method
Formulating an accurate evaluation method for determining the success of the two algorithms was a
very important yet difficult task. This was because no common method for evaluating inpainting
algorithms has been presented in the literature. To try and provide a good and accurate evaluation of
the algorithms, it was decided to use both a qualitative and a quantitative approach. The assessment of
the results for the qualitative tests was done mainly by visual analysis.
The quantitative evaluation was performed by repeating the experiments multiple times for different
size occlusions placed randomly throughout the images. These sizes were chosen as they show a large
variation in occlusion sizes and would provide a good overview of the algorithm’s capabilities. This
was obtained by calculating the Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) between the two images. PSNR is
“an engineering term for the ratio between the maximum possible power of a signal and the power of
corrupting noise that affects the fidelity of its representation”. PSNR values are represented in decibels
(dB).
Basically the higher the PSNR value, the larger the similarity of the restored image to the original.
Ideally it would be nice to specify what a good PSNR value is, but during the testing it was found that
while some images could look visually pleasing, they may have extremely low PSNR values. The
equation to calculate a PSNR value is given below:
PSNR=20.log10 (MAXI / )
2
where MSE= (1/ mn)
and MAX I = 255.
5. Comparison of Experiment Results
We have experimented with the Marcelo Bertalmio’s PDE based inpainting algorithm (2006) on some
images comparing with Zhaolin Lu et al’s Exemplar based inpainting algorithm (2010). We have
implemented these algorithms using Mat lab 2008Ra.
Based on the experiment results obtained by the aforementioned algorithms, it is observed
that PDE based inpainting algorithms cannot reconnect the linear structure in a large region and it
cannot restore texture patterns. It is also observed that exemplar based inpainting algorithms can find
proper exemplars to fill in the target region and preserve linear structure.
We have tested many input images and the experiment has been carried out multiple times for the same
image with different occlusion sizes. Various parameter settings are needed for both algorithms.
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The parameters needed for Bertalmio algorithm are: (1) I=No of inpainting steps needed to perform
each iteration (2) D= No of Diffusion steps needed to perform each iteration (3) T= Total no of
iterations to perform (4) dT=The speed of the evolution.
The parameters needed for Zhaolin Lu et al’s algorithm are: (1) ω =template window size (2) β =Band
size around the occluded area (3) ɛ =Error Threshold (4) δɛ = Multiplier for Error threshold if no
progress is detected.
Sample results have been shown in the following figures.
Figure 1: Results of two different inpainting algorithms (with variable occlusion sizes)
Original image with variable occlusion sizes
1.2 Results of Marcelo Bertalmio Algorithm [12]
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1.3 Results of Zhaolin Lu et al’s Algorithm [21]
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Figure 2: Results of two different inpainting algorithms
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Table 1 Comparison of the two different inpainting algorithms
Inpainting Algorithms MSE(10 ˜Pixels) MSE(20 ˜Pixels) MSE(40 ˜Pixels)
PDE based 2502.45 4036.64 5899.36
(Marcelo Bertalmio [12]
)
Exemplar based 1747.18 2354.23 3012.46
(Zhaolin Lu et al’s [21])
Graph 1. The relationship between the value of MSE and the size of occlusion area.
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From the experiment results it is known that exemplar based inpainting algorithm provides good results
than PDE based algorithm in both qualitative and quantitative approach.
6. Conclusion and Further Work
In this paper, we have looked at two different types of inpainting methods. For each of the
algorithms, we have provided a brief explanation of the process used for filling an occlusion making
use of images. In addition, we have performed both a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the
algorithms. From this analysis, a number of shortcomings and limitations were highlighted in relation
to the type of information each algorithm can restore.
Compared with the PDE based inpainting algorithms, the exemplar-based inpainting algorithms have
performed plausible results for inpainting the large missing region. Theoretical analysis and
experiments proved that the exemplar based inpainting algorithms can inpaint both texture and
structure image well.
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