Quasi-automatic initialization for parametric active contours

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-90

  Tauber, C ^a   Batatia, H ^a   Ayache, A ^a  

^a IRIT   (France)

Author keywords

Active contours; Automatic initialization; Gradient vector flow; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOURS; AUTOMATIC INITIALIZATION; AUTOMATIC METHOD; DEFORMABLE CONTOURS; DEFORMABLE MODELS; GRADIENT VECTOR FLOW; INITIAL CURVE; OBJECT BOUNDARIES; PARAMETRIC ACTIVE CONTOURS; REAL IMAGES; SEGMENTATION; TARGET REGIONS;

DEFORMATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 70350621237     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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