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Active Contours Using A Constraint-Based Implicit Representation, Weiming Liu, Bryan S. Morse, Kalpathi Subramanian, Terry S. Yoo
Active Contours Using A Constraint-Based Implicit Representation, Weiming Liu, Bryan S. Morse, Kalpathi Subramanian, Terry S. Yoo
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We present a new constraint-based implicit active contour, which shares desirable properties of both parametric and implicit active contours. Like parametric approaches, their representation is compact and can be manipulated interactively. Like other implicit approaches, they can naturally adapt to non-simple topologies. Unlike implicit approaches using level-set methods, representation of the contour does not require a dense mesh. Instead, it is based on specified on-curve and off-curve constraints, which are interpolated using radial basis functions. These constraints are evolved according to specified forces drawn from the relevant literature of both parametric and implicit approaches. This new type of active contour …