Locally Regularized Smoothing B-Snake

<p/> <p>We propose a locally regularized snake based on smoothing-spline filtering. The proposed algorithm associates a regularization process with a force equilibrium scheme leading the snake's deformation. In this algorithm, the regularization is implemented with a smoothing of th...

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Main Authors: Velut J&#233;r&#244;me, Benoit-Cattin Hugues, Odet Christophe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2007-01-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
Online Access:http://asp.eurasipjournals.com/content/2007/076241
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Summary:<p/> <p>We propose a locally regularized snake based on smoothing-spline filtering. The proposed algorithm associates a regularization process with a force equilibrium scheme leading the snake's deformation. In this algorithm, the regularization is implemented with a smoothing of the deformation forces. The regularization level is controlled through a unique parameter that can vary along the contour. It provides a locally regularized smoothing B-snake that offers a powerful framework to introduce prior knowledge. We illustrate the snake behavior on synthetic and real images, with global and local regularization.</p>
ISSN:1687-6172
1687-6180