A new image segmentation method by minimizing normalized total variation

Bohan Lei, Hongwei Zhang, Taihao Li, Shupeng Liu, Min Zhang, Xiaoyin Xu

Abstract: Highlights•Designed a non-parametric segmentation method based on minimizing a normalized total variation function.•The method that takes into consideration of both global and local statistics.•Comparisons and test results demonstrate its capability in segmenting various types of images.