Contour motion estimation from image sequences using curvature information

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-39

  Park, Jong Seung ^a   Han, Joon Hee ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contour matching; Contour motion; Optical flow; Snakes; Tracking

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTION PICTURES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PATTERN MATCHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

CONTOUR MATCHING; CONTOUR MOTION ESTIMATION; CURVATURE INFORMATION; IMAGE SEQUENCES; VELOCITY FIELD;

OPTICAL FLOWS;

EID: 0031633646     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-3203(97)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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