README.md

Region Growing Using Opencv, BFS search and Euclid distance

This repository contains two C++ implementations of a region-growing algorithm using OpenCV. The algorithm segments an image into regions based on the similarity of pixel colors, utilizing Breadth-First Search (BFS) and Euclidean distance for region expansion.

Prerequisites

• OpenCV 4.x installed on your system.
• A C++ compiler (e.g., g++).
• CMake (if you prefer building with it instead of the Makefile).

Installing Opencv on Ubuntu

sudo apt update sudo apt install libopencv-dev

Compilation

Using make

• Navigate to the src/ directory: cd src
• Run the following command to compile both implementations: make. This will generate two executables: reg_grow and reg_grow_dir.
• To clean up the compiled files, use: make clean

Running the Program

To run the program, use the following command (inside src directory): ./region_grow <image_path> <threshold> replace the placeholder with the desired value. Example: ./region_grow ../images/test-image-rg.jpg 12 This will execute the region-growing algorithm on the sample image with a threshold value of 12.

Result

Here is the original image used for segmentation:

Here is the result after applying the region-growing algorithm: