Image processing is a computational method for various reconstructing process used in the images. Segmentation refers to the procedure of splitting a digital image into many segments. Medical imaging is the system and development used to create imagery of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science. Image gradient is a function which is used to take information from images. A watershed transform is a basin-like landform plain by highpoints and ridgelines that fall into lower elevation and waterway valley and it is used to perform some morphological operations. Purpose of this work is segmenting the medical image using marker controlled watershed segmentation, and comparing the results of directly applying watershed transformation and marker controlled watershed transformation.

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