Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 57, Issue 2, 21001(2020)

Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Algorithm for Image Segmentation Insensitive to Cluster Size

Zhao Zhanmin1,2, Zhu Zhanlong1,2、*, Liu Yongjun1, Liu Ming1,2, and Zheng Yibo2
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  • 1School of Information Engineering, Heibei GEO University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 0 50031, China
  • 2Hebei Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Geo-Detection Technology, Heibei GEO University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 0 50031, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: May. 20, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 3, 2020

    The Author Email: Zhanlong Zhu (zzl_seu@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP57.021001

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