Tao Lei, Professor, School of Electronic Information and Artificial Intelligence, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, China. His research interests include image processing, pattern recognition, and machine learning and he has authored and co-authored more than 100 research papers. Asoke K. Nandi, Professor, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Brunel University London, UK. He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. Professor Nandi has authored over 600 technical publications, including 280 journal papers as well as five books.

• PrefaceAbout the AuthorsList of AbbreviationsPart One: Principle 1   Introduction to Image Segmentation2   Principles of Clustering3   Principles of Mathematical Morphology4   Principles of Neural NetworkPart Two: Methods5   Fast and Robust Image Segmentation Using Clustering6   Fast Image Segmentation Using Watershed Transform7   Superpixel-based Fast Image SegmentationPart Three:  Application8   Image Segmentation for Traffic Scene Analysis9   Image Segmentation for Medical Analysis10 Image Segmentation for Remote Sensing Analysis11 Image Segmentation for Material Analysis

Tao Lei, Professor, School of Electronic Information and Artificial Intelligence, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, China. His research interests include image processing, pattern recognition, and machine learning and he has authored and co-authored more than 100 research papers. Asoke K. Nandi, Professor, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Brunel University London, UK. He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. Professor Nandi has authored over 600 technical publications, including 280 journal papers as well as five books.

• PrefaceAbout the AuthorsList of AbbreviationsPart One: Principle 1   Introduction to Image Segmentation2   Principles of Clustering3   Principles of Mathematical Morphology4   Principles of Neural NetworkPart Two: Methods5   Fast and Robust Image Segmentation Using Clustering6   Fast Image Segmentation Using Watershed Transform7   Superpixel-based Fast Image SegmentationPart Three:  Application8   Image Segmentation for Traffic Scene Analysis9   Image Segmentation for Medical Analysis10 Image Segmentation for Remote Sensing Analysis11 Image Segmentation for Material Analysis