Double Markov random fields and Bayesian image segmentation

  • Authors:
  • D.E. Melas;S.P. Wilson

  • Affiliations:
  • Interoperability Syst. Int., Athens;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

Markov random fields are used extensively in model-based approaches to image segmentation and, under the Bayesian paradigm, are implemented through Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods. We describe a class of such models (the double Markov random field) for images composed of several textures, which we consider to be the natural hierarchical model for such a task. We show how several of the Bayesian approaches in the literature can be viewed as modifications of this model, made in order to make MCMC implementation possible. From a simulation study, conclusions are made concerning the performance of these modified models