Active Contours that Grow and Compete Driven by Local Region Descriptors

Cristina Darolti; Erhardt Barth; Christoph Bodensteiner; Ulrich G. Hofmann

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Active Contours that Grow and Compete Driven by Local Region Descriptors

Cristina Darolti, Erhardt Barth, Christoph Bodensteiner, Ulrich G. Hofmann

Abstract

Region-based active contours are a variational framework for image segmentation. It involves estimating the probability distributions of observed features within each image region. Subsequently, these so-called region descriptors are used to generate forces to move the contour toward real image boundaries. In this paper region descriptors are computed from samples within windows centered on contour pixels and they are named local region descriptors (LRDs). With these descriptors we introduce an equation for contour motion with two terms: growing and competing. This equation yields a novel type of AC that can adjust the behavior of contour pieces to image patches and to the presence of other contours. The quality of the proposed motion model is demonstrated on complex images.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems VII
Number of pages	9
Volume	7245
Publisher	SPIE
Publication date	15.06.2009
Article number	72450F
ISBN (Print)	978-081947495-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.805983
Publication status	Published - 15.06.2009
Event	Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems VII - San Jose, United States Duration: 19.01.2009 → 22.01.2009 Conference number: 76102

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Darolti, C, Barth, E, Bodensteiner, C & Hofmann, UG 2009, Active Contours that Grow and Compete Driven by Local Region Descriptors. in Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems VII. vol. 7245, 72450F, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7245, SPIE, Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems VII, San Jose, California, United States, 19.01.09. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.805983

Active Contours that Grow and Compete Driven by Local Region Descriptors. / Darolti, Cristina; Barth, Erhardt; Bodensteiner, Christoph et al.
Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems VII. Vol. 7245 SPIE, 2009. 72450F (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7245).

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