Contextual Peano Scan and Fast Image Segmentation Using Hidden and Evidential Markov Chains

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11939v1
• Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:07:31 GMT
• Title: Contextual Peano Scan and Fast Image Segmentation Using Hidden and Evidential Markov Chains
• Authors: Clément Fernandes, Wojciech Pieczynski,
• Abstract summary: Peano scan (PS) is an established technique for transforming bi-dimensional sets of image pixels into mono-dimensional sequences.<n>PS has recently been extended to contextual PS, and some initial experiments have shown the value of the associated HMC model.<n>We introduce a new HEMC-CPS model by simultaneously contextual and evidential HMC.<n>The new HEMC-CPS model presents potential for the modeling and segmentation of more complex images.
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• Abstract: Transforming bi-dimensional sets of image pixels into mono-dimensional sequences with a Peano scan (PS) is an established technique enabling the use of hidden Markov chains (HMCs) for unsupervised image segmentation. Related Bayesian segmentation methods can compete with hidden Markov fields (HMFs)-based ones and are much faster. PS has recently been extended to the contextual PS, and some initial experiments have shown the value of the associated HMC model, denoted as HMC-CPS, in image segmentation. Moreover, HMCs have been extended to hidden evidential Markov chains (HEMCs), which are capable of improving HMC-based Bayesian segmentation. In this study, we introduce a new HEMC-CPS model by simultaneously considering contextual PS and evidential HMC. We show its effectiveness for Bayesian maximum posterior mode (MPM) segmentation using synthetic and real images. Segmentation is performed in an unsupervised manner, with parameters being estimated using the stochastic expectation--maximization (SEM) method. The new HEMC-CPS model presents potential for the modeling and segmentation of more complex images, such as three-dimensional or multi-sensor multi-resolution images. Finally, the HMC-CPS and HEMC-CPS models are not limited to image segmentation and could be used for any kind of spatially correlated data.

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