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6.2 Ambrosio-Tortorelli <strong>Segmentation</strong> on <strong>Stochastic</strong> <strong>Images</strong><br />
<strong>Stochastic</strong> Generalization <strong>of</strong> the Edge Linking Step<br />
The edge linking step from Section 2.3 can be applied on the stochastic Ambrosio-Tortorelli model,<br />
too. We introduce an additional coefficient c for the image equation. This coefficient is a random<br />
field, i.e. c ∈ H 1 (D) × L 2 (Ω). The modified image equation in the stochastic context reads<br />
−∇ · (µc(x,ξ<br />
)(φ(x,ξ ) 2 + k ε )∇u(x,ξ ) ) + u(x,ξ ) = u 0 (x,ξ ) . (6.29)<br />
The random field c is composed <strong>of</strong> the stochastic generalizations <strong>of</strong> the edge continuity and the edge<br />
consistency step. Thus, c is<br />
c(x,ξ ) = c dc (x,ξ ) · c h (x,ξ ) , (6.30)<br />
whereas these quantities are<br />
(<br />
(c dc (ξ )) i = ζ (ξ ) dc) + 1 − ( ζ (ξ ) dc) i<br />
i φ(ξ ) i<br />
( (<br />
))<br />
(<br />
ζ (ξ ) dc) = exp ε dc 1<br />
i |η s | ∑ ∇u i (ξ ) · ∇u j (ξ ) − 1<br />
j∈η s<br />
1<br />
(c h (ξ )) i =<br />
1 + α ( )<br />
φ(ξ ) i − φ(ξ ) 2 .<br />
i<br />
(6.31)<br />
To calculate c dc and c h , it is necessary to use the calculations for random variables approximated in<br />
the polynomial chaos presented in Section 3.3.3. The only quantity for which a stochastic generalization<br />
is not obvious is the orthogonal edge direction ∇u ⊥ i . This direction is needed, because we<br />
have to sum up over pixels perpendicular to the image gradient in the second equation <strong>of</strong> (6.31). This<br />
perpendicular direction is also a stochastic quantity, but it is not possible to sum up in a stochastic direction.<br />
To overcome this, we use the direction E ( (∇u) ⊥) and neglect the error due to the inaccurate<br />
direction. This is similar to the upwinding problem for stochastic equations [92].<br />
Remark 14. Erdem et al. [49] proposed additional feedback measures for textures and the local<br />
scale. These measures are not included here, but can be generalized in a similar fashion.<br />
6.2.3 Results<br />
In the following, we demonstrate the performance and advantages <strong>of</strong> the stochastic extension <strong>of</strong><br />
the Ambrosio-Tortorelli segmentation approach. We use three data sets which cover a broad range<br />
<strong>of</strong> possible input data. Furthermore, we compare the results <strong>of</strong> the stochastic Ambrosio-Tortorelli<br />
model with the adaptive extension for the spatial dimensions and the stochastic version <strong>of</strong> the edge<br />
linking step. Thus, the organization <strong>of</strong> this section is the following: First, we demonstrate the method<br />
on three data sets. Then we show the results <strong>of</strong> the combination <strong>of</strong> the stochastic method with an<br />
adaptive grid approach for the spatial dimensions. Finally, we demonstrate that the stochastic method<br />
benefits from the idea <strong>of</strong> edge linking [49].<br />
The first input image data set consists <strong>of</strong> M = 5 samples from the artificial “street sequence” [99].<br />
The second data set consists <strong>of</strong> M = 45 image samples from ultrasound (US) imaging <strong>of</strong> a structure in<br />
the forearm, acquired within two seconds. The third data set contains ten images <strong>of</strong> a scene acquired<br />
with a digital camera 2 . Note that we do not consider the street sequence as an image sequence<br />
here. Instead, we use five frames as samples <strong>of</strong> the noisy and uncertain acquisition <strong>of</strong> the same<br />
object. From the samples, we compute the polynomial chaos representation <strong>using</strong> n = 5 (digital<br />
camera), n = 10 (US), respectively n = 4 (street scene) random variables with the method described<br />
2 Thanks to PD Dr. Christoph S. Garbe for providing the data set.<br />
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