Lip image segmentation using fuzzy clustering incorporating an elliptic shape function

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-62

  Leung, Shu Hung ^a   Wang, Shi Lin ^a   Lau, Wing Hong ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Color; Elliptic shape; Fuzzy clustering; Lip segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ELLIPTIC SHAPE FUNCTION; FUZZY CLUSTERING; LIP IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MARKOV RANDOM FIELD TECHNIQUE;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FUZZY LOGIC; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIP; LIP READING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIP; LIPREADING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 1242263389     PISSN: 10577149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2003.818116     Document Type: Article

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