Segmenting circle-like shapes out of Binary Image

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I have several binary images and my task is to segment circle-like shape. The circles are not perfect rounded circle, but all of them will look like circle. Here are some example images and what I need:

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As you can see from above, the left images are original images, and the right images are what I need to do. The circles intersect with other shapes, but I only want the circle, as indicated in red. The imaginary lines to close the circle will be required. What can I do in this case in Image Processing?

EDIT: in case, the image above is broken, here: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/835/circleonly.jpg/

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