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Active contour model

Known as: Active contour, Snake (computer vision), Snake (disambiguation) 
Active contour model, also called snakes, is a framework in computer vision for delineating an object outline from a possibly noisy 2D image. The… 
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2012
2012
Advanced Research in Applied Artificial Intelligence
We propose a complete framework for automatic detailed facial feature localization. Feature points and contours of the eyes, the… 
2011
2011
Segmentation and Area Measurement for Thyroid Ultrasound Image
The thyroid measurement and recognition system is very useful in the medical field because the measurement of thyroid is… 
2010
2010
An Automatic-Pre-processing Method For Mammographic Images
Screening mammography represents the technique adopted to detect breast cancer at an early stage. However the presence of… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Active Appearance Model
As one the most important human-computer interfaces (HCI), face recognition has been researched over decades. Particularly… 
2009
2009
Leukocyte Segmentation in Giemsa-stained Image of Peripheral Blood Smears Based on Active Contour
Leukocytes are categorized into five groups in a peripheral blood microscopic image. A differential count of these various types… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Active Contour Models on Image Segmentation:A Survey
Image segmentation and boundary extraction are very important in the fields of image understanding,image analysis,pattern… 
2007
2007
Automatic Extraction of Main Road Centerlines from High Resolution Satellite Imagery Using Hierarchical Grouping
Automatic road centerline extraction from high-resolution satellite imagery has gained considerable interest recently due to the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Semi-Automatic Feature Extraction by Snakes
Implementation of a semi-automatic method of feature extraction, based on the active contour method or ‘snakes’, will be… 
1994
1994
Segmentation of medical images using an active-contour model incorporating region-based image features
An improved segmentation algorithm based on the active contour model is developed. A distinguishing element of our algorithm is… 
1989
1989
Changes in connectivity in active contour models
  • R. Samadani
  • [] Proceedings. Workshop on Visual Motion
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 62209294
Techniques that are useful for tracking objects that change their connectivity have been demonstrated. Contours are extracted… 
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