• DocumentCode
    2985161
  • Title

    Edge-based image segmentation with MOVels

  • Author

    Iannizzotto, Giancarlo ; Vita, Lorenzo

  • Author_Institution
    Dipartimento di Matematica, Messina Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    36342
  • Firstpage
    767
  • Abstract
    We present a new technique for edge based segmentation, which is fast and accurate even in the presence of nested contours. The shape characteristics of the contours are perfectly recovered, with no smoothing, and only closed contours are returned; this leads to a well-defined segmentation of the images. The algorithm is easily parallelizable, and is well-suitable for specialized, real time hardware. Experimental results are presented, in comparison with the Canny algorithm (J.F. Canny, 1986)
  • Keywords
    edge detection; image segmentation; MOVels; closed contours; edge based image segmentation; moving elements; nested contours; real time hardware; shape characteristics; Active contours; Active shape model; Brightness; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Mathematics; Partitioning algorithms; Smoothing methods; Spline; Telecommunications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1999. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Florence
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-0253-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MMCS.1999.779296
  • Filename
    779296