Semi-automatic initialization of gradient vector flow snakes

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  He, Yuan ^a   Luo, Yupin ^a   Hu, Dongcheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR INTIALIZATION; GRADIENT VECTOR FLOW; VECTOR FIELD ANALYSIS;

EDGE DETECTION; GRADIENT METHODS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 33847679623     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2360693     Document Type: Article

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