Fast texture image segmentation

Texture image which is applied in many fields is composed of two kinds of regions and between them there is a high contrast. Although the texture image may be not have a certain run in the whole image it has a certain run in a small window or local area. By the use of the run information we can easily determine local threshold to segment the image. In this paper a fast segmentation algorithm based on cross threshold selection is presented. Through the use of pipe-line technology both in x- and in y-directions of image plane simutaniously the algorithm is able to not only get a good segmented image but also save much time even in SISD computer.© (1990) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.