Title :
A deformable and expansible tree for structure recovery
Author :
Angella, Franck ; Lavialle, Olivier ; Baylou, Pierre
Author_Institution :
ENSERB, CNRS, Talence, France
Abstract :
This paper presents the use of a deformable and expansible tree as a skeleton extractor. Each node of the tree is a free particle evolving under the repulsive effects of other particles and of the contours. That evolution provides a variable topology and expansible ability properties to the tree. Nodes are simultaneously connected together so that the tree stays inside objects, revealing their hierarchical structure
Keywords :
feature extraction; image motion analysis; image thinning; trees (mathematics); contours; deformable tree; expansible tree; free particle; hierarchical structure; nodes connection; repulsive effects; skeleton extractor; structure recovery; tree evolution; variable topology; Active contours; Deformable models; Gray-scale; Integrated circuit noise; Intersymbol interference; Joining processes; Joints; Morphology; Skeleton; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing, 1998. ICIP 98. Proceedings. 1998 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8821-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.1998.723465
