• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.209-215
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• 2020

In this paper, we propose an algorithm for segmenting weld bead images using edge enhancement and active contours. In the proposed method, high-frequency filtering and contrast improvement are performed for edge enhancement, and then, by applying the active contour method, only the weld bead region can be obtained. The proposed algorithm detects an edge through high-frequency filtering and reinforces the detected edge by using contrast enhancement. After the edge information is improved in this way, the weld bead area can be extracted by applying the active contour method. The proposed algorithm shows better performance than the existing methods for segmenting the weld bead in the image. For the objective reliability of the proposed algorithm, it was compared with the existing high pass filtering methods, and it was confirmed that the welding bead segmentation of the proposed method is excellent. The proposed method can be usefully used in evaluating the quality of the weld bead through an additional procedure for the segmented weld bead.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07d
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• pp.2405-2407
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• 2001

In this paper, we apply and evolutionary computation(EC), probabilistic optimization algorithm, to active contour. A number of problems exist associated with such as algorithm initialization, existence of local minima, non-convex search space, and the selection of model parameters in conventional models. We propose an adequate fitness function for these problems. The determination of fitness function adequate to active contour using EC is important in search capability. As a result of applying the proposed method to non-convex object shape, we improve the unstability and contraction phenomena, in nature, of snake generated in deformable contour optimization.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.31-40
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• 1998

Active Contour Model(ACM) is an efficient method for segmenting an object. The main shortcoming of ACM is that its result is very dependent on the shape and location of an initial contour. To overcome this shortcoming, a new segmentation algorithm is proposed in this paper. The proposed algorithm uses B-splines to describe the active contour and applies Simulated Annealing (SA) and Genetic Algorithm(GA) as energy minimization techniques. We tried to overcome the initialization problem of traditional ACM and compared the result of ACM using GA and that using SA with 2D synthetic binary images. CT and MR images.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.827-833
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• 2015

In this paper, we have compared three level set-based active contour (LSAC) methods on inhomogeneous MR image segmentation which is known as an important role of brain diseases to diagnosis and treatment in early. MR image is often occurred a problem with similar intensities and weak boundaries which have been causing many segmentation methods. However, LSAC method could be able to segment the targets such as the level set based on the local image fitting energy, the local binary fitting energy, and local Gaussian distribution fitting energy. Our implemented and tested the subcortical image segmentations were the corpus callosum and hippocampus and finally demonstrated their effectiveness. Consequently, the level set based on local Gaussian distribution fitting energy has obtained the best model to accurate and robust for the subcortical image segmentation.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.11B no.3
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• pp.281-288
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• 2004

In order to extract and analyze complex features of the behavior of animals in response to external stimuli such as toxic chemicals, we implemented an adaptive computational method to characterize changes in the behavior of chironomids in response to treatment with the insecticide, diazinon. In this paper, we propose an energy minimization model to extract the features of response behavior of chironomids under toxic treatment, which is applied on the image of velocity vectors. It is based on the improved active contour model and the variations of the energy functional, which are produced by the evolving active contour. The movement tracks of individual chironomid larvae were continuously measured in 0.25 second intervals during the survey period of 4 days before and after the treatment. Velocity on each sample track at 0.25 second intervals was collected in 15-20 minute periods and was subsequently checked to effectively reveal behavioral states of the specimens tested. Active contour was formed around each collection of velocities to gradually evolve to find the optimal boundaries of velocity collections through processes of energy minimization. The active contour which is improved by T. Chan and L. Vese is used in this paper. The energy minimization model effectively revealed characteristic patterns of behavior for the treatment versus no treatment, and identified changes in behavioral states .is the time progressed.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.40 no.10
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• pp.2090-2101
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• 2015

We propose a robust tracking method that combines the merits of ACM(active contour model) and the color-based PF(particle filter), effectively. In the proposed method, PF and ACM track the color distribution and the contour of the target, respectively, and Decision part merges the estimate results from the two trackers to determine the position and scale of the target and to update the target model. By controlling the internal energy of ACM based on the estimate of the position and scale from PF tracker, we can prevent the snake pointers from falsely converging to the background clutters. We appled the proposed method to track the head of person in video and have conducted computer experiments to analyze the errors of the estimated position and scale.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2002.05c
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• pp.195-199
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 주어진 입력 이미지에서 얼굴 영역을 검출하기 위한 액티브 컨투어 모델(active contour models)을 제안한다. 제안한 모델은 스킨 칼라 모델(skin color model)에 의해 표현되는 사람 얼굴의 칼라 정보를 이용한다. 본 논문에서는 첨점(cusps), 모서리 (corners), 그리고 자동 위상 변화(automatic topological changes)를 고려한 레벨 셋 메소드(level set method)를 사용하여 액티브 컨투어를 진화시킨다. 실험 결과는 제안한 방법이 얼굴 영역 검출에 효과가 있음을 보여준다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.07e
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• pp.2379-2382
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• 2003

This paper describes the design, implementation and results of a unified non-rigid image registration method for the purposes of 3D shape reconstruction from serial section images. The proposed method uses active contour-based segmentation and compensation of radial distortion. Experimental results show that multiple images can be segmented and reconstructed by active single contour as well as intra- and inter-section registration.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.1990-1993
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• 2005

Stereovision is known to be one of the most important tools for robot vision systems. Previously, 2D active contour model has been applied to stereovision by defining the contour on the 3D space instead of image plane. However, the proposed model is still that of curve so that some complex shapes such as surfaces with high curvature can not be properly estimated because of occlusion phenomena. In this paper, the authors extend the curve model to the surface model. The surface is approximated by polygons and new energy function and its optimization method for surface estimation is proposed. Its effectiveness is examined by experiments with real stereo images.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.1840-1855
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• 2015

Troubles are often met when traditional active contours extract boundaries of medical images with inhomogeneous bias and various noises. Focusing on such a circumstance, a localized mutual information active contour model is discussed in the paper. By defining neighborhood of each point on the level set, mutual information is introduced to describe the relationship between the zero level set and image field. A driving energy term is then generated by integrating all the information. In addition, an expanding energy and internal energy are designed to regularize the driving energy. Contrary to piecewise constant model, new model has a better command of driving the contours without initialization.