Markerless human body motion capture using Markov random field and dynamic graph cuts

Visual Computer

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 373-380

  Wan, Chengkai ^a   Yuan, Baozong ^a   Miao, Zhenjiang ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic graph cuts; Markov random field; Motion capture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GRAPH THEORY; GRAPHIC METHODS; MOTION ESTIMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DYNAMIC GRAPH CUTS; MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS; MOTION CAPTURE;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 41349120235     PISSN: 01782789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00371-007-0195-7     Document Type: Article

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