Advanced initialization possibilities of active contours

This paper deals with possible ways of initialization in the area of image segmentation by means of deformable models (of active contours). The paper clarifies basic principle of methods of deformable models, describes current existing methods and categorizes them. In the end it describes a method based on the cooperation with “Graph cut” method, and a method of initialization of detected motion of deformable models in dynamic images.

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