Geometrical image segmentation by the Allen-Cahn equation

Applied Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 51, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 187-205

  Beneš, Michal ^a   Chalupecký, Vladimír ^a   Mikula, Karol ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Allen Cahn equation; Finite difference method; Image segmentation; Mean curvature flow

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ALLEN-CAHN EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; MEAN CURVATURE FLOW;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 5144230628     PISSN: 01689274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnum.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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