Author :
Howing ; Wermser, D. ; Dooley, L.S.
Author_Institution :
Glamorgan Univ., UK
Abstract :
A new method for representing and tracking of object boundaries is presented, which allows for the integration of uncertain a priori knowledge into all active contour model. The new fuzzy snake allows for an intuitive specification of the properties of an object´s boundary. This is obtained by setting up a linguistic rule base, which describes each of the fuzzy snake´s segments. Furthermore the approximate length of each contour segment may be specified to improve the segmentation process and to reduce the computational complexity
Keywords :
fuzzy systems; active contour model; computational complexity reduction; contour segment length; dynamic programming algorithm; fuzzy snake segments; fuzzy snakes; image features; image matching; image representation; image segmentation; linguistic rule base; object boundaries tracking;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing and Its Applications, 1997., Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-692-X
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19970970
