Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
Accurate
medical image processing is essential for clinical diagnosis, as it helps
physicians identify conditions early and provide timely treatment. Among its
components, medical image segmentation is a particularly important step.
However, many existing clustering-based segmentation methods treat image
enhancement, segmentation, and spatial refinement as separate tasks. This
fragmented approach often results in suboptimal segmentation and reduced
anatomical consistency. This study addresses this limitation by introducing an
integrated hybrid framework for X-ray image enhancement and segmentation. The
proposed approach combines adaptive preprocessing with multi–color-space
analysis, applies K-means clustering for initial segmentation, uses Fuzzy
C-Means (FCM) to model soft class memberships, and incorporates fuzzy
connectivity to refine spatial relationships while preserving anatomical
continuity. Experiments on real clinical X-ray images show that K-means offers
high computational efficiency, while FCM provides better boundary delineation
in areas with unclear tissue transitions. Incorporating fuzzy connectivity
further improves segmentation performance by reducing fragmentation and
strengthening spatial coherence. Overall, the results demonstrate that the proposed
hybrid approach outperforms standalone clustering methods, producing more
consistent and anatomically meaningful segmentation results. The developed
Python-based graphical user interface facilitates interactive visualization and
analysis, highlighting the practical applicability of the framework for
research, education, and potential clinical decision-support systems.
Country : Yemen
IRJIET, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2026 pp. 1-8