@Article{NMTMA-15-442, author = {Wang , XiakaiHuang , Zhongyi and Zhu , Wei}, title = {Multi-Phase Segmentation Using Modified Complex Cahn-Hilliard Equations}, journal = {Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications}, year = {2022}, volume = {15}, number = {2}, pages = {442--463}, abstract = {

In this paper, we propose a novel PDE-based model for the multi-phase segmentation problem by using a complex version of Cahn-Hilliard equations. Specifically, we modify the original complex system of Cahn-Hilliard equations by adding the mean curvature term and the fitting term to the evolution of its real part, which helps to render a piecewisely constant function at the steady state. By applying the K-means method to this function, one could achieve the desired multiphase segmentation. To solve the proposed system of equations, a semi-implicit finite difference scheme is employed. Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed model and compare our model with other related ones.

}, issn = {2079-7338}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.OA-2021-0099}, url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/nmtma/20359.html} }