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Stable Model for Active Contour based Region Tracking using Level Set PDE

  • Lee, Suk-Ho (Department of Software Engineering, Dongseo University)
  • Received : 2011.10.10
  • Accepted : 2011.11.30
  • Published : 2011.12.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a stable active contour based tracking method which utilizes the bimodal segmentation technique to obtain a background color diminished image frame. The proposed method overcomes the drawback of the Mansouri model which is liable to fall into a local minimum state when colors appear in the background that are similar to the target colors. The Mansouri model has been a foundation for active contour based tracking methods, since it is derived from a probability based interpretation. By stabilizing the model with the proposed speed function, the proposed model opens the way to extend probability based active contour tracking for practical applications.

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