Title :
Fast and accurate edge-based segmentation with no contour smoothing in 2-D real images
Author :
Iannizzotto, Giancarlo ; Vita, Lorenzo
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Matematica, Messina Univ., Italy
fDate :
7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We propose an edge-based segmentation algorithm built on a new type of active contour which is fast, has a low computational complexity and does not introduce unwanted smoothing on the retrieved contours. The contours are always returned as closed chains of points, resulting in a very useful base for subsequent shape representation techniques
Keywords :
computational complexity; edge detection; feature extraction; image representation; image segmentation; 2D photographic images; 2D real images; accurate edge-based segmentation; active contour; edge-based segmentation algorithm; fast edge-based segmentation; low computational complexity; retrieved contours; shape representation; Active contours; Application software; Computational complexity; Hardware; Image edge detection; Image retrieval; Image segmentation; Object detection; Shape; Smoothing methods;
Journal_Title :
Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on
