Color image segmentation based on SLIC and watershed algorithm

Abstract

In order to overcome the problem of over-segmentation caused by traditional watershed algorithm, a color image segmentation algorithm based on simple linear iterative clustering (SLIC) and watershed algorithm is proposed to achieve an ideal segmentation effect. Firstly, the algorithm calculates the number of super-pixels pre-segmented by image complexity, and uses SLIC to super-pixel segmentation preprocessing of the original image to reduce the redundant information in subsequent processing. Then, an adaptive threshold calculation method is proposed to process the gradient image of the preprocessed image in order to effectively remove noise and obtain more complete contour information. Finally, the watershed segmentation algorithm is used to segment the image extracted by the minimum value marker. Experiments on a large number of images show that the proposed algorithm can effectively suppress the over-segmentation problem caused by the traditional watershed algorithm, and is superior to the traditional algorithm in the comparison of LCE and GCE, and the segmentation quality is improved.