Research Article

Multilevel Thresholding Segmentation Based on Harmony Search Optimization

Table 17

Comparison between HSMA GA, PSO, and BF, applied over selected test images using Kapur’s method.

Image HSMAGAPSOBF
PSNRSTDMeanPSNRSTDMeanPSNRSTDMeanPSNRSTDMean

Camera man213.626 17.58411.9410.127015.34112.2590.100116.07112.2640.004116.768
314.460 22.00714.8270.213620.60015.2110.110721.12515.2500.007521.498
420.153 26.58617.1660.285724.26718.0000.200525.05018.4060.008125.093
520.661 30.55319.7950.352828.32620.9630.273428.36521.2110.074130.026

Lena214.638 17.80912.3340.004916.12212.3450.003316.91612.345 16.605
316.218 22.30614.9950.110020.92015.1330.039020.46815.1330.006120.812
419.287 26.61917.0890.259423.56917.8380.181024.44917.0890.008126.214
521.047 30.48519.5490.304327.21320.4420.218127.52619.5490.050228.046

Baboon216.016 17.62512.1840.056716.42512.2130.007716.81112.216 16.889
316.016 22.11714.7450.158021.06915.0080.081621.08815.2110.028721.630
418.485 26.67116.9350.176525.48917.5740.085324.37517.9990.033625.446
520.507 30.80019.6620.277529.60120.2240.189930.99420.7200.106530.887

Hunter215.206 17.85612.3490.014816.15012.3700.006815.58012.3730.003316.795
318.500 22.52514.8380.174121.02615.1280.093620.63915.5530.115521.860
421.065 26.72817.2180.219225.50918.0400.156027.08518.3810.005526.230
521.086 30.61219.5630.346629.04220.5330.272029.01321.2560.002828.856

Butterfly28.1930 16.79110.4700.087215.48110.4740.002514.09810.4740.001415.784
313.415 21.41711.6280.202120.04212.3130.188019.34012.7540.011821.308
416.725 25.29213.3140.259623.98014.2310.247325.19014.8770.016625.963
519.413 28.66415.7560.397727.41116.3370.282127.00416.8280.087727.980