Automated lip contour detection using the level set segmentation method

Proceedings - 14th International conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 425-430

  Sohail, Abu Sayeed Md ^a   Bhattacharya, Prabir ^a  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFIERS; DROP BREAKUP; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SET THEORY;

ADABOOST; AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES; FACE DATABASES; FACE DETECTIONS; FACE IMAGES; FACE REGIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; HAARLIKE FEATURES; INPUT IMAGES; LEVEL SET FUNCTIONS; LEVEL SET METHODS; LEVEL SETS; LIP CONTOURS; REINITIALIZATION PROCEDURES; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SIGNED DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; TRAINED CLASSIFIERS; VARIATIONAL FORMULATIONS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 48149107835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIAP.2007.4362815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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