A Novel Gradient Vector Flow Snake Model Based on Convex Function for Infrared Image Segmentation.
Rui ZhangShiping ZhuQin ZhouPublished in: Sensors (2016)
Keyphrases
- infrared
- gradient vector flow
- gvf snake
- convex functions
- active contours
- image segmentation
- active contour model
- multiscale
- level set method
- external force
- infrared images
- force field
- vector field
- level set
- object boundaries
- diffusion process
- contour extraction
- linear program
- shape prior
- convex sets
- objective function
- snake model
- edge preserving
- smoothness constraint
- segmentation method
- edge map
- improved algorithm
- region growing
- energy minimization
- energy function
- piecewise linear
- energy functional
- deformable models
- computational complexity
- computer vision
- finite number
- primal dual
- image restoration
- gray level
- segmentation algorithm
- image analysis