A novel scheme for the detection of object boundaries is presented. The technique is based on active contours deforming according to intrinsic geometric measures of the image. The evolving contours naturally split and merge, allowing the simultaneous detection of several objects and both interior and exterior boundaries. The proposed approach is based on the relation between active contours and the computation of geodesics or minimal distance curves. The minimal distance curve lays in a Riemannian space whose metric as defined by the image content. This geodesic approach for object segmentation allows to connect classical "snakes" based on energy minimization and geometric active contours based on the theory of curve evolution. Previous models of geometric active contours are improved as showed by a number of examples. Formal results concerning existence, uniqueness, stability, and correctness of the evolution are presented as well.<>


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    Title :

    Geodesic active contours


    Contributors:
    Caselles, V. (author) / Kimmel, R. (author) / Sapiro, G. (author)


    Publication date :

    1995-01-01


    Size :

    669715 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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