Adaptive Semi-Supervised Fuzzy C-Means Method With Local Spatial Information and Pre-Clustering for Image Segmentation

The semi-supervised fuzzy C-means clustering algorithm is an improved version of the fuzzy C-means algorithm, designed to utilize a small amount of supervised information to enhance the clustering results. However, many semi-supervised fuzzy C-means algorithms suffer from the inadequate use of super...

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Main Authors: Hao-Ran Chen, Xiao-Peng Wang, Jia-Xin Wu, Hai-Zhou Wang
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Xiao-Peng Wang
Jia-Xin Wu
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description The semi-supervised fuzzy C-means clustering algorithm is an improved version of the fuzzy C-means algorithm, designed to utilize a small amount of supervised information to enhance the clustering results. However, many semi-supervised fuzzy C-means algorithms suffer from the inadequate use of supervised information and sensitivity to noise. Therefore, this study employs pre-clustering and label propagation to enhance efficiency of supervision and introduces spatial information to improve the robustness of algorithm to noise. First, preliminary clustering of the supervised information is conducted to distinguish feature differences within each cluster, allowing the supervised information to guide clustering more rationally. Second, supervised information is disseminated to pixels with similar features, enabling a small amount of supervised information to guide the clustering process effectively. Then, an objective function with adaptive weights is designed to calculate the weights of the local spatial information and supervision weights based on the local spatial information and label spatial information respectively, enhancing the flexibility of algorithm. Finally, experimental results on synthetic images and multiple real image datasets demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can accomplish most segmentation tasks and, in most cases, outperforms other algorithms.
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spelling doaj-art-d22d5c9b6a394d0ca2113390506755692025-01-16T00:01:23ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-011219632819634610.1109/ACCESS.2024.352159510812752Adaptive Semi-Supervised Fuzzy C-Means Method With Local Spatial Information and Pre-Clustering for Image SegmentationHao-Ran Chen0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3268-1835Xiao-Peng Wang1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4130-1101Jia-Xin Wu2https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7843-1462Hai-Zhou Wang3https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2593-7190School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, ChinaThe semi-supervised fuzzy C-means clustering algorithm is an improved version of the fuzzy C-means algorithm, designed to utilize a small amount of supervised information to enhance the clustering results. However, many semi-supervised fuzzy C-means algorithms suffer from the inadequate use of supervised information and sensitivity to noise. Therefore, this study employs pre-clustering and label propagation to enhance efficiency of supervision and introduces spatial information to improve the robustness of algorithm to noise. First, preliminary clustering of the supervised information is conducted to distinguish feature differences within each cluster, allowing the supervised information to guide clustering more rationally. Second, supervised information is disseminated to pixels with similar features, enabling a small amount of supervised information to guide the clustering process effectively. Then, an objective function with adaptive weights is designed to calculate the weights of the local spatial information and supervision weights based on the local spatial information and label spatial information respectively, enhancing the flexibility of algorithm. Finally, experimental results on synthetic images and multiple real image datasets demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can accomplish most segmentation tasks and, in most cases, outperforms other algorithms.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10812752/Fuzzy c-meanssemi-supervised clusteringimage segmentationlabel propagationlocal spatial information
spellingShingle Hao-Ran Chen
Xiao-Peng Wang
Jia-Xin Wu
Hai-Zhou Wang
Adaptive Semi-Supervised Fuzzy C-Means Method With Local Spatial Information and Pre-Clustering for Image Segmentation
IEEE Access
Fuzzy c-means
semi-supervised clustering
image segmentation
label propagation
local spatial information
title Adaptive Semi-Supervised Fuzzy C-Means Method With Local Spatial Information and Pre-Clustering for Image Segmentation
title_full Adaptive Semi-Supervised Fuzzy C-Means Method With Local Spatial Information and Pre-Clustering for Image Segmentation
title_fullStr Adaptive Semi-Supervised Fuzzy C-Means Method With Local Spatial Information and Pre-Clustering for Image Segmentation
title_full_unstemmed Adaptive Semi-Supervised Fuzzy C-Means Method With Local Spatial Information and Pre-Clustering for Image Segmentation
title_short Adaptive Semi-Supervised Fuzzy C-Means Method With Local Spatial Information and Pre-Clustering for Image Segmentation
title_sort adaptive semi supervised fuzzy c means method with local spatial information and pre clustering for image segmentation
topic Fuzzy c-means
semi-supervised clustering
image segmentation
label propagation
local spatial information
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10812752/
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