An improvement in the moment-preserving thresholding method

Abstract

[[abstract]]Thresholding is frequently used for image segmentation. One of the most popular approach to thresholding is the moment-preserving thresholding method proposed by Tsai in 1985. However, it does not work well when the peaks of a histogram have a great size variation. Hence, in this study we propose a simple and effective improvement in Tsai's method such that suitable thresholds can be found even when the histogram has peaks with a great size variation. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed improvement. Int J Imaging Syst Technol, 18, 365-370, 200