• DocumentCode
    875051
  • Title

    Deformable contour method based on variational approach to a constrained optimisation formulation

  • Author

    Wang, X. ; Peng, Z. ; Gao, F. ; Wee, W.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Cincinnati, OH, USA
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    110
  • Lastpage
    112
  • Abstract
    A deformable contour method derived from the variational approach to a constrained contour energy minimisation formulation is presented. The constraint is a function that characterises target object interiors. A new constraint is also proposed with better results when compared to other conventional deformable contour methods.
  • Keywords
    image processing; minimisation; object detection; object recognition; ultrasonic imaging; constrained contour energy minimisation formulation; constrained optimisation formulation; constraint function; deformable contour method; target object interiors; variational approach;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20040081
  • Filename
    1263101