In this paper, we develop a new active contour model for image segmentation using adaptive flows. This active contour model can be derived from minimizing a limiting form of the Mumford-Shah functional, where the segmented image is assumed to consist of piecewise constant regions. This paper is an extension of an active contour model developed by Chan-Vese. The segmentation method proposed in this paper adaptively estimates mean intensities for each separated region and uses a single curve to capture multiple regions with different intensities. The class of imagery that our new active model can handle is greater than the bimodal images. In particular, our method segments images with an arbitrary number of intensity levels and separated regions while avoiding the complexity of solving a full Mumford-Shah problem. The adaptive flow developed in this paper is easily formulated and solved using level set methods. We illustrate the performance of our segmentation methods on images generated by different modalities.


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    Title :

    A curve evolution approach for image segmentation using adaptive flows


    Contributors:
    Haihua Feng, (author) / Castanon, D.A. (author) / Karl, W.C. (author)


    Publication date :

    2001-01-01


    Size :

    1258318 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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