Image segmentation of rail surface defects based on fractional order particle swarm optimization 2D-Otsu algorithm

Under the influence of high density operation and natural environment, the rail surface will appear abrasion damage, which will affect the safety and comfort of the train. Rail surface defect detection is an important part to ensure the safe and efficient operation of railway system. In order to distinguish whether there are defects on the rail surface, a method of rail surface defect image segmentation based on FPSO 2D-Otsu algorithm is proposed. The rail image is denoised and enhanced by adaptive fractional calculus, and then the rail image is segmented by FPSO 2D-Otsu algorithm. In order to verify the accuracy of the algorithm, the proposed algorithm is compared with PSO 2D-Otsu image segmentation algorithm. The experimental results show that the accuracy of FPSO 2D-Otsu algorithm in rail image segmentation is improved from 48.76% to 83.59% compared with PSO 2D-Otsu algorithm.