Tracking textured deformable objects using a finite-element mesh

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 756-774

  Malassiotis, Sotiris ^b   Strintzis, Michael G ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Image warping; Nonrigid motion estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

IMAGE WARPING; NONRIGID MOTION ESTIMATIONS; TRACKING TEXTURED DEFORMABLE OBJECTS;

PATTERN MATCHING;

EID: 0032183529     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/76.728419     Document Type: Article

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