Force field analysis snake: an improved parametric active contour model.

Zhiqiang Hou Chongzhao Han

Published in: Pattern Recognit. Lett. (2005)

Keyphrases

active contour model
force field
active contours
gradient vector flow
external force
energy minimization
snake model
level set method
edge map
segmentation method
shape prior
energy functional
region growing
deformable models
level set
image analysis
graph cuts
prior knowledge