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A NUMERICAL METHOD FOR THE MODIFIED VECTOR-VALUED ALLEN-CAHN PHASE-FIELD MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION TO MULTIPHASE IMAGE SEGMENTATION

  • Lee, Hyun Geun (INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY) ;
  • Lee, June-Yub (DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY)
  • Received : 2013.10.31
  • Accepted : 2013.11.15
  • Published : 2014.03.25
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Abstract

In this paper, we present an efficient numerical method for multiphase image segmentation using a multiphase-field model. The method combines the vector-valued Allen-Cahn phase-field equation with initial data fitting terms containing prescribed interface width and fidelity constants. An efficient numerical solution is achieved using the recently developed hybrid operator splitting method for the vector-valued Allen-Cahn phase-field equation. We split the modified vector-valued Allen-Cahn equation into a nonlinear equation and a linear diffusion equation with a source term. The linear diffusion equation is discretized using an implicit scheme and the resulting implicit discrete system of equations is solved by a multigrid method. The nonlinear equation is solved semi-analytically using a closed-form solution. And by treating the source term of the linear diffusion equation explicitly, we solve the modified vector-valued Allen-Cahn equation in a decoupled way. By decoupling the governing equation, we can speed up the segmentation process with multiple phases. We perform some characteristic numerical experiments for multiphase image segmentation.

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