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Parallel implementation of FCM-based volume segmentation of 3D images

  • Shadi Alzu'Bi
  • , Moahmmed A. Shehab
  • , Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub
  • , Elhadj Benkhelifa
  • , Yaser Jararweh
  • Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan
  • Jordan University of Science and Technology
  • University of Staffordshire

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Abstract

Parallel programming has many benefits that can help developers and researchers to improve the performance of some algorithms to become more efficient in real life. This is especially true for systems involving medical images. Image segmentation for volume extraction is a famous segmentation process that takes long time to finish execution. In this paper, we consider a new version of the Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) segmentation algorithm (known as IT2FPCM) and provide a parallel implementation of it that is 12X time faster than the sequential implementation. The considered algorithm is based on Interval Type-2 FCM and combines fuzzy and possibilistic ideas in order to obtain higher accuracy. We conduct our experiments using two different machines and the results show that the improvement gains for both machines 11X and 12X, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE/ACS 13th International Conference of Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA 2016 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9781509043200
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jul 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event13th IEEE/ACS International Conference of Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA 2016 - Agadir, Morocco
Duration: 29 Nov 20162 Dec 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA
Volume0
ISSN (Print)2161-5322
ISSN (Electronic)2161-5330

Conference

Conference13th IEEE/ACS International Conference of Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA 2016
Country/TerritoryMorocco
CityAgadir
Period29/11/162/12/16

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