An object class-uncertainty induced adaptive force and its application to a new hybrid snake

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2656-2671

  Saha, Punam Kumar ^a   Das, Bipul ^a   Wehrli, Felix W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive force; B spline; Contour orientation; Elasticity; Energy minimization; Entropy; Force field; Hybrid model; Image gradient; Object class uncertainty; Rigidity; Snake

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; RIGIDITY;

ADAPTIVE FORCES; B-SPLINES; CONTOUR ORIENTATION; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; FORCE-FIELDS; HYBRID MODELS; IMAGE GRADIENTS; OBJECT CLASS UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 34249029914     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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