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Variational B-Spline Level-Set: A Linear Filtering Approach for Fast Deformable Model Evolution.
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IEEE Transactions on Image Processing . Jun2009, Vol. 18 Issue 6, p1179-1191. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- In the field of image segmentation, most level-set-based active-contour approaches take advantage of a discrete representation of the associated implicit function. We present in this paper a different formulation where the implicit function is modeled as a continuous parametric function expressed on a B-spline basis. Starting from the active-contour energy functional, we show that this formulation allows us to compute the solution as a restriction of the variational problem on the space spanned by the B-splines. As a consequence, the minimization of the functional is directly obtained in terms of the B-spline coefficients. We also show that each step of this minimization may be expressed through a convolution operation. Because the B-spline functions are separable, this convolution may in turn be performed as a sequence of simple 1-D convolutions, which yields an efficient algorithm. As a further consequence, each step of the level-set evolution may be interpreted as a filtering operation with a B-spline kernel. Such filtering induces an intrinsic smoothing in the algorithm, which can be controlled explicitly via the degree and the scale of the chosen B-spline kernel. We illustrate the behavior of this approach on simulated as well as experimental images from various fields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10577149
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 40309951
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TIP.2009.2017343