Image Segmentation: A Comparative Study

Image segmentation is the fundamental step to analyze images and extract data from digital images. Application of computer oriented technologies in almost every aspect of life has resulted in mass adoption of such machines. Some of the recent technologies involve applications of computer vision and image processing techniques. Image segmentation has been and still is a relevant research area due to its wide spread usage and application.Image processing is a form of signal processing. One of the typical operations on image processing is image segmentation. This paper highlights basic principles of image segmentation with different segmentation techniques.The study is useful for determining the adequate image segmentation methods under different applications keeping in mind accuracy and robustness of algorithm along with performance measures.