Review of Methods of Image Segmentation Based on Quantum Mechanics

Abstract

The quantum theory application is a hot research area in recent years, especially the theory of quantum mechanics. In this paper, we focus on the research of image segmentation based on quantum mechanics. Firstly, the theory of quantum mechanics is introduced; afterwards, a review of image segmentation methods based on quantum mechanics is presented; and finally, the characteristics about the quantum mechanics applied to image processing are concluded. Two main research topics are discussed in this paper. One is to emphasize that quantum mechanics can be applied in different research areas, such as image segmentation, and the second is to conclude some methods in image segmentation and give some suggestions for possible novel methods by applying quantum mechanics theory. As a summary, this is a review paper which presents some methods based on the feasible theory in quantum mechanics aiming at achieving a better performance in image segmentation.