Research Article

A Combined Approach on RBC Image Segmentation through Shape Feature Extraction

Algorithm 3

Algorithm of multiscale segmentation through mapped depth.
1. Initialization
 1.1 Get the whole depth map image from the output of shape from shading procedure;
 1.2 Obtaining the range image by filling the value of each pixel, which is associated with the
 current processing cell by depth data;
 1.3 Compute an estimate of the noise variance at each pixel;
 1.4 Computing mean curvature and Gaussian curvature through separable convolution;
 1.5 Computing the surface type label image and find all connected components of each surface
 type label image, sort it to get histogram distribution;
 1.6 Extracted seed region through erosion (contraction) operation.
2. Iterative variable order surface fitting
 2.1 Perform surface fit from the lowest order, if it is OK using RMS error and region test;
 2.2 Then goto 3;
 2.3 Else increase the order and fit again;
 2.4 if order >4, then return.
3. Region Growing
 3.1 Find the new region consisting of compatible connected neighboring pixels.