Background Removal using Gaussian Model

Version 1.0.0.0 (114 KB) by Alexander Farley
Input image. Get out binary foreground mask.
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Models image as sample from one of 2 Gaussians in RGB space. Classifies each pixel as having originated from one Gaussian.

In the future this could be expanded to remove the ith, kth, etc Gaussians from an N-Gaussian image model.

RemoveBackground.m contains a demonstration of how to use the main function, separate.m

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Alexander Farley (2026). Background Removal using Gaussian Model (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/34077-background-removal-using-gaussian-model), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2010b
Compatible with any release
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Acknowledgements

Inspired by: EM_GM

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1.0.0.0