Segmentation and simulation of objects represented in images using physical principles

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-55

  Gonçalves, Patrícia C T ^a,b   Tavares, João Manuel R S ^a,b   Jorge, R M Natal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Deformable models; Equilibrium equation; Finite element method; Image analysis; Matching; Modal analysis; Physical modelling; Segmentation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODAL ANALYSIS; MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMABLE MODELS; EQUILIBRIUM EQUATION; MATCHING; PHYSICAL MODELLING; SEGMENTATION; SIMULATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 55349127101     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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