Martins-Ferreira, Nelson2026-01-162026-01-162017Nelson Martins-Ferreira, An Image Segmentation Procedure Based on the Superposition Principle of Quantum Mechanics, Procedia Manufacturing, Volume 12, 2017, Pages 249-262, ISSN 2351-9789, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2017.08.0292351-9789http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/15370In this paper we propose a procedural approach to the problem of image segmentation. This procedural approach may be parameterized with optimized values for a specific type of data. It uses an algorithm which is inspired by the superposition principle of Quantum Mechanics, in the sense that each particular pixel has a certain probability of being of a certain type (boundary, interior, exterior or noise) and only when an observation is made, by means of choosing a designated threshold value, it gets a concrete state. The procedure is applied to a particular example of vessels network and we determine its maximum length dividing the total area by an average vessel thickness.engImage segmentationsuperposition principletotal length of a networkwith average constant thicknessjournal article10.1016/j.promfg.2017.08.029