Title
Statistical snakes: active region models
Abstract
This paper describes a new region-growing technique that uses a closed snake driven by a pressure force that is a function of the statistical characteristics of image data. This statistical snake expands until its elements encounter pixels that lie outside user-defined limits relative to a seed region; when these limits are violated the pressure force is reversed to make the model contract. Tension and stiffness forces keep the boundary of the region model smooth, and a repulsion force prevents self-intersection. Boundary elements can be added and removed in response to complexity changes, and the tension, stiffness and pressure parameters can be adjusted to preserve the energy balance of the changing model. Statistical snakes have been used to segment a variety of images including composite textures and NMR data volumes.
Year
Venue
Keywords
1994
BMVC
statistical snake,active region model,region growing,energy balance,boundary element
Field
DocType
ISBN
Computer vision,Computer science,Stiffness,Simulation,Algorithm,Energy balance,Artificial intelligence,Pixel
Conference
952-1898-1-X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
27
4.42
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jim Ivins18910.95
John Porrill235285.11