Research Article

Size Projection Algorithm: Optimal Thresholding Value Selection for Image Segmentation of Electrical Impedance Tomography

Table 1

COMSOL simulation results of three typical setups.

AccuracyTwo different size objectsOne central large objectFour uniformly distributed objects

Setups
EIT-reconstructed images by EIT algorithms IE = 14.39% IE = 20.53% IE = 26.75%
Segmented images by the empirical value method IE = 15.19% IE = 13.39% IE = 12.10%
Segmented images by the histogram-based method (Otsu’s method) IE = 15.68% IE = 10.25% IE = 34.71%
Segmented images by the SPA-based method IE = 6.19% IE = 5.21% IE = 8.91%