Automatic Extraction and Tracking of Complex Contours

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 40-50

  Hata, Koichi ^a   Ohya, Jun ^b   Kishino, Fumio ^b   Nakatsu, Ryouhei ^b  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active contour model (Snakes); Akaike's information criterion; Automatic system; B spline; Contour extraction and tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042127017     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-684x(199907)30:8<40::aid-scj5>3.0.co;2-u     Document Type: Article

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