Object contour extraction using adaptive B-snake model

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-306

  Wang, Yue ^a   Teoh, Eam Khwang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Active contour; B snake; B spline; Contour extraction; Deformable model

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ACTIVE CONTOUR; B-SNAKE; B-SPLINE; CONTOUR EXTRACTION; DEFORMABLE MODEL;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

EID: 33646415375     PISSN: 09249907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10851-005-3629-8     Document Type: Article

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