Methods to automatically build point distribution models for objects like hand palms and faces represented in images

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-241

  Vasconcelos, Maria João M ^a   Tavares, João Manuel R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Feature points; Image analysis; Point distribution models; Segmentation and object recognition

Indexed keywords

FACE RECOGNITION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OBJECT RECOGNITION;

ACTIVE APPEARANCE MODELS; ACTIVE SHAPE MODELS; FEATURE POINTS; HAND PALMS; POINT DISTRIBUTION MODELS; SEGMENTATION AND OBJECT RECOGNITION; SEGMENTATION RESULTS; SIGNIFICANT POINTS; TIME CONSUMING;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 58149514403     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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