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13 October 1994 Robust and incremental active contour models for object tracking
Roger A. Samy, Jean-Francois Bonnet
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Abstract
This paper addresses the object tracking problem in an image sequence using an active contour model called `snake' based on energy-minimizing curves with global constraints. Attempts to improve the robustness of these models is developed within the robust estimation theory leading to a new cost function (rho) in the new definition of energy: the resulting model is thus called (rho) -snakes. Furthermore, we formulate a temporal continuity constraint in the energy definition: an incremental active contour model is suitable for object tracking as it includes prediction. Experimental results on the (rho) -snakes compared to classical snake are given on both synthetic and real IR images sequence.
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Roger A. Samy and Jean-Francois Bonnet "Robust and incremental active contour models for object tracking", Proc. SPIE 2354, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XIII: 3D Vision, Product Inspection, and Active Vision, (13 October 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.189120
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KEYWORDS
Image segmentation

Estimation theory

Image processing

Infrared imaging

Motion analysis

Data modeling

Medical imaging

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