DYNAMIC PARTICLE SYSTEMS FOR OBJECT STRUCTURE EXTRACTION
A new deformable model based on the use of a particle system is introduced. By defining the local behavior of each particle, the system behaves as an active contour model showing a variable topology and regularization properties. The efficiency of the particle system is illustrated by two applicatio...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Slovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image Analysis
2011-05-01
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Series: | Image Analysis and Stereology |
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Online Access: | http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/730 |
Summary: | A new deformable model based on the use of a particle system is introduced. By defining the local behavior of each particle, the system behaves as an active contour model showing a variable topology and regularization properties. The efficiency of the particle system is illustrated by two applications: the first one concerns the use of the system as a skeleton extractor based on the propagation of particles inside a treeshaped object. Using this method, it is possible to generate a cartography of structures such as veins or channels. In a second illustration, the system avoids the problem of initialization of a piecewise cubic Bspline network used to straighten curved text lines. |
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ISSN: | 1580-3139 1854-5165 |