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Snake Head Boundary Extraction using Local and Global Energy Minimisation

Snake Head Boundary Extraction using Local and Global Energy Minimisation
Snake Head Boundary Extraction using Local and Global Energy Minimisation
Snakes are now a very popular technique for shape extraction by minimising a suitably formulated energy functional. A dual snake configuration using dynamic programming has been developed to locate a global energy minimum. This complements recent approaches to global energy minimisation via simulated annealing and genetic algorithms. These differ from a conventional evolutionary snake approach, where an energy function is minimised according to a local optimisation strategy and may not converge to extract the target shape, in contrast with the guaranteed convergence of a global approach. The new technique employing dynamic programming is deployed to extract the inner face boundary, along with a conventional normal-driven technique to extract the outer face boundary. Application to a database of 75 subjects showed that the outer contour was extracted successfully for 96% of the subjects and the inner contour was successful for 82%. The results demonstrated the benefits that could accrue from inclusion of face features, giving an appropriate avenue for future research.
581-585
Gunn, S.R.
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Nixon, M.S.
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Gunn, S.R.
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Nixon, M.S.
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Gunn, S.R. and Nixon, M.S. (1996) Snake Head Boundary Extraction using Local and Global Energy Minimisation. IEEE Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition, Vienna, Austria. pp. 581-585 .

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Abstract

Snakes are now a very popular technique for shape extraction by minimising a suitably formulated energy functional. A dual snake configuration using dynamic programming has been developed to locate a global energy minimum. This complements recent approaches to global energy minimisation via simulated annealing and genetic algorithms. These differ from a conventional evolutionary snake approach, where an energy function is minimised according to a local optimisation strategy and may not converge to extract the target shape, in contrast with the guaranteed convergence of a global approach. The new technique employing dynamic programming is deployed to extract the inner face boundary, along with a conventional normal-driven technique to extract the outer face boundary. Application to a database of 75 subjects showed that the outer contour was extracted successfully for 96% of the subjects and the inner contour was successful for 82%. The results demonstrated the benefits that could accrue from inclusion of face features, giving an appropriate avenue for future research.

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Published date: 1996
Additional Information: Address: Vienna, Austria
Venue - Dates: IEEE Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition, Vienna, Austria, 1996-01-01
Organisations: Electronic & Software Systems, Southampton Wireless Group

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Local EPrints ID: 250058
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/250058
PURE UUID: 903563b2-0db5-4d0b-a6fd-c03cdb67914a
ORCID for M.S. Nixon: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9174-5934

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Date deposited: 29 Oct 2001
Last modified: 11 Dec 2021 02:38

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Author: S.R. Gunn
Author: M.S. Nixon ORCID iD

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