The invention discloses a variational
level set image segmentation method based on
Landmark simplex constraint, and belongs to the technical field of
digital image processing. According to the method,prior
landmark feature points of an image are converted into simplex constraints,
level set expression of
Landmark feature points is achieved, a variational
level set image segmentation model based on
Landmark simplex constraints is provided, and evolution of contours and prior points is achieved. For nonlinearity, non-convexity and non-smoothness of a segmentation model, auxiliary variables areintroduced to convert solving of a non-convex
energy equation into a convex sub-problem, an alternating direction
multiplier method is adopted, and a rapid
projection method, a generalized soft threshold formula and a
gradient descent method are comprehensively used for solving. Experimental results show that the variational level set
image segmentation method based on the Landmark simplex constraint is high in segmentation performance, and the segmentation problem of noisy images, weak edge images and heterogeneous images can be solved robustly and efficiently. The obtained segmentation result is good in subjective visual effect and excellent in
objective evaluation standard, and a foundation is laid for subsequent image
feature extraction, interpretation and other applications.