An Algorithm to Extract the Boundary and Center of EUV Solar Image Based on Sobel Operator and FLICM
An algorithm to extract the disk boundary and center of EUV solar image using the Sobel operator, Fuzzy Local Information C-Means Clustering algorithm (FLICM), and the least square circle fitting method is proposed in this paper. The Sobel operator can determine the solar disk boundary preliminarily...
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| author | Shuai Li Jianhua Zhang Bei Liu Chengzhi Jiang Lanxu Ren Jingjing Xue Yansong Song |
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| description | An algorithm to extract the disk boundary and center of EUV solar image using the Sobel operator, Fuzzy Local Information C-Means Clustering algorithm (FLICM), and the least square circle fitting method is proposed in this paper. The Sobel operator can determine the solar disk boundary preliminarily, and then the image is processed further using the FLICM algorithm. After the background is removed based on the clustered image and the boundary points can be highlighted, these points are fitted using the least square circle fitting method as the final boundary circle. The solar data used in this paper was from the observation of the Solar Dynamics Observatory Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (SDO/AIA) instrument. The 2523 19.3 nm solar images covering solar minimum, moderate solar activity, and more active suns were calculated using the proposed algorithm to analyze the accuracy statistically. The statistical comparison results demonstrate that the method is accurate and effective. This method can support the processing of solar EUV images and serve the operational system of a space weather forecast. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fa62c17c7634fc89c3ce08d3f54afb02023-11-24T17:24:15ZengMDPI AGPhotonics2304-67322022-11-0191288910.3390/photonics9120889An Algorithm to Extract the Boundary and Center of EUV Solar Image Based on Sobel Operator and FLICMShuai Li0Jianhua Zhang1Bei Liu2Chengzhi Jiang3Lanxu Ren4Jingjing Xue5Yansong Song6China Academy of Space Technology (Xi’an), Xi’an 710100, ChinaChina Academy of Space Technology (Xi’an), Xi’an 710100, ChinaChina Academy of Space Technology (Xi’an), Xi’an 710100, ChinaChina Academy of Space Technology (Xi’an), Xi’an 710100, ChinaChina Academy of Space Technology (Xi’an), Xi’an 710100, ChinaChina Academy of Space Technology (Xi’an), Xi’an 710100, ChinaChina Academy of Space Technology (Xi’an), Xi’an 710100, ChinaAn algorithm to extract the disk boundary and center of EUV solar image using the Sobel operator, Fuzzy Local Information C-Means Clustering algorithm (FLICM), and the least square circle fitting method is proposed in this paper. The Sobel operator can determine the solar disk boundary preliminarily, and then the image is processed further using the FLICM algorithm. After the background is removed based on the clustered image and the boundary points can be highlighted, these points are fitted using the least square circle fitting method as the final boundary circle. The solar data used in this paper was from the observation of the Solar Dynamics Observatory Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (SDO/AIA) instrument. The 2523 19.3 nm solar images covering solar minimum, moderate solar activity, and more active suns were calculated using the proposed algorithm to analyze the accuracy statistically. The statistical comparison results demonstrate that the method is accurate and effective. This method can support the processing of solar EUV images and serve the operational system of a space weather forecast.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/9/12/889Sobel operatorFLICMEUV solar boundarysolar centerAIA/SDO |
| spellingShingle | Shuai Li Jianhua Zhang Bei Liu Chengzhi Jiang Lanxu Ren Jingjing Xue Yansong Song An Algorithm to Extract the Boundary and Center of EUV Solar Image Based on Sobel Operator and FLICM Photonics Sobel operator FLICM EUV solar boundary solar center AIA/SDO |
| title | An Algorithm to Extract the Boundary and Center of EUV Solar Image Based on Sobel Operator and FLICM |
| title_full | An Algorithm to Extract the Boundary and Center of EUV Solar Image Based on Sobel Operator and FLICM |
| title_fullStr | An Algorithm to Extract the Boundary and Center of EUV Solar Image Based on Sobel Operator and FLICM |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Algorithm to Extract the Boundary and Center of EUV Solar Image Based on Sobel Operator and FLICM |
| title_short | An Algorithm to Extract the Boundary and Center of EUV Solar Image Based on Sobel Operator and FLICM |
| title_sort | algorithm to extract the boundary and center of euv solar image based on sobel operator and flicm |
| topic | Sobel operator FLICM EUV solar boundary solar center AIA/SDO |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/9/12/889 |
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