Image Thresholding Segmentation Method Based on Reciprocal Rough Entropy

Abstract

Image thresholding methods based on the rough entropy segment the images without prior information except the images. There are two problems to be considered in the rough entropy based thresholding methods, i.e., measuring the incompleteness of knowledge about an image and granulating the image. In this paper, reciprocal rough entropy, a new form of rough entropy, is defined to measure the incompleteness of the image information. In order to granulate the image effectively, a granule size selection method based on the homogeneity histogram is employed. The proposed reciprocal rough entropy is simple in expression and calculation. The experimental results verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.