Exploring Non-linear Diffusion: The Diffusion Echo

  • Authors:
  • Erik Dam;Mads Nielsen

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Scale-Space '01 Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Scale-Space and Morphology in Computer Vision
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

The Gaussian serves as Green's function for the linear diffusion equation and as a source for intuitive understanding of the linear diffusion process. In general, non-linear diffusion equations have no known closed form solutions and thereby no equally simple description. This article introduces a simple, intuitive description of these processes in terms of the Diffusion Echo. The Diffusion Echo offers intuitive visualisations for non-linear diffusion processes.In addition, the Diffusion Echo has potential for offering simple formulations for grouping problems. Furthermore, the Diffusion Echo can be considered a deep structure summary and thereby offers an alternative to multi-scale linking and flooding techniques.