First Results for 3D Image Segmentation with Topological Map

Abstract: This paper presents the first segmentation operation defined within the 3D topological map framework. Firstly we show how a traditional segmentation algorithm, found in the literature, can be transposed on a 3D image represented by a topological map. We show the consistency of the results despite of the modifications made to the segmentation algorithm in order to handle topological maps. We study the complexity of the operation. Lastly, we present some experimental results mainly for 3D medical images. These results show the process duration of our method and validate the interest to use 3D topological map in the context of image processing.