Histogram-based global thresholding method for image binarization

One of the most fundamental issues in image processing is the thresholding (binarization) method. This method is generally used for segmenting regions with different homogeneity in grayscale images. In other words, it performs clustering based on the intensity levels of pixels in an image histogram. This paper presents a new and effective approach to the global thresholding method of grayscale images. In the proposed method, alpha and beta regions are determined using the mean and standard deviation values of an image histogram. The optimum threshold value is obtained by calculating the average of gray-scale values of the alpha and beta regions. The experiments were carried out on three different image sets to demonstrate the effectiveness of the thresholding method. The result of experimental studies show that the proposed method achieves promising performance compared to many traditional, state …