• DocumentCode
    1395510
  • Title

    A wavelet-frame based image force model for active contouring algorithms

  • Author

    Wu, Hsien-Hsun ; Liu, Jyh-Charn ; Chui, Charles

  • Author_Institution
    Cytokinetics Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1983
  • Lastpage
    1988
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes a directional image force (DIF) for active contouring. DIF is the inner product of the zero crossing strength (ZCS) of wavelet frame coefficients, and the normal of a snake, by representing strength and orientation of edges at multiple resolution levels. DIF markedly improves the immunity of snakes to noise and convexity
  • Keywords
    discrete wavelet transforms; edge detection; image representation; image resolution; DWTF coefficients; active contouring algorithms; convexity; directional image force; discrete wavelet frame transform; edge orientation; inner product; multiple resolution levels; noise immunity; snake algorithms; wavelet frame coefficients; wavelet-frame based image force model; zero crossing strength; Computer science; Discrete wavelet transforms; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Noise level; Noise shaping; Pixel; Polarization; Shape control; Zero current switching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1057-7149
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/83.877221
  • Filename
    877221