Deformable contour method: A constrained optimization approach

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-108

  Wang, Xun ^a   He, Lei ^a   Wee, William ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrained optimization; Deformable contour method; Image segmentation; Level set

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENERGY GAP; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DEFORMABLE CONTOUR METHOD; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; LEVEL SET;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 9644276866     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VISI.0000020672.14006.ad     Document Type: Article

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