Snakes: Active contour models
@article{Kass2004SnakesAC, title={Snakes: Active contour models}, author={M. Kass and A. Witkin and Demetri Terzopoulos}, journal={International Journal of Computer Vision}, year={2004}, volume={1}, pages={321-331} }
A snake is an energy-minimizing spline guided by external constraint forces and influenced by image forces that pull it toward features such as lines and edges. Snakes are active contour models: they lock onto nearby edges, localizing them accurately. Scale-space continuation can be used to enlarge the capture region surrounding a feature. Snakes provide a unified account of a number of visual problems, including detection of edges, lines, and subjective contours; motion tracking; and stereo… CONTINUE READING
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