Fast and accurate edge-based segmentation with no contour smoothing in 2-D real images

G Iannizzotto; L Vita

doi:10.1109/83.847835

Fast and accurate edge-based segmentation with no contour smoothing in 2-D real images

IEEE Trans Image Process. 2000;9(7):1232-7. doi: 10.1109/83.847835.

Authors

G Iannizzotto¹, L Vita

Affiliation

¹ Dipt. di Matematica, Messina Univ., Italy. ianni@ingegneria.unime.it

PMID: 18262960
DOI: 10.1109/83.847835

Abstract

In this paper we propose an edge-based segmentation algorithm built on a new type of active contour which is fast, has a low computational complexity and does not introduce unwanted smoothing on the retrieved contours. The contours are always returned as closed chains of points, resulting in a very useful base for subsequent shape representation techniques.