Shape-based active contours for fast video segmentation
Shape-based active contours for fast video segmentation
In this letter, we propose a shape-based active contours method for segmentation, based on a piecewise-constant approximation of the Mumford-Shah (M-S) functional. The Chan-Vese (C-V) formalism in a level set framework is used to formulate our method; however no sign distance function (SDF) is employed in the method proposed here. This method has the topology-free segmentation associated with the C-V algorithm and adds faster convergence, less memory requirement and fast re-initialization. These properties make the algorithm very attractive for video segmentation.
active contours, Chan–Vese model, image, Mumford– Shah functional, segmentation, shape characteristic function, video.
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Mahmoodi, Sasan
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October 2009
Mahmoodi, Sasan
91ca8da4-95dc-4c1e-ac0e-f2c08d6ac7cf
Mahmoodi, Sasan
(2009)
Shape-based active contours for fast video segmentation.
IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 16 (10), .
(doi:10.1109/LSP.2009.2025924).
Abstract
In this letter, we propose a shape-based active contours method for segmentation, based on a piecewise-constant approximation of the Mumford-Shah (M-S) functional. The Chan-Vese (C-V) formalism in a level set framework is used to formulate our method; however no sign distance function (SDF) is employed in the method proposed here. This method has the topology-free segmentation associated with the C-V algorithm and adds faster convergence, less memory requirement and fast re-initialization. These properties make the algorithm very attractive for video segmentation.
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Published date: October 2009
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active contours, Chan–Vese model, image, Mumford– Shah functional, segmentation, shape characteristic function, video.
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