Skeleton-Based Shape Models with Pressure Forces: Application to Segmentation of Overlapping Leaves

Authors:
Gilles Rabatel;Anne-Gaëlle Manh;Marie-José Aldon;Bernard Bonicelli
Affiliations:
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Venue:
IWVF-4 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Visual Form
Year:
2001

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Abstract

Deformables templates, because they contain a priori knowledge information on searched shapes, can be useful in the segmentation of complex images including partially occluded objects. In this paper, we propose a generic deformable template for shapes that are built around a flexible symmetry axis. The shape model is based on a parametrical skeleton, the distance between this skeleton and the contour points of the shape being determined by a parametrical envelope function. Various examples of skeleton and envelope models are given, and a general scheme for identification and matching suitable for a reusable code implementation is proposed. An application to image segmentation of partially overlapping leaves in natural outdoor conditions is then presented.