G-wire: A livewire segmentation algorithm based on a generalized graph formulation

Authors:
Hyung W. Kang
Affiliations:
University of Missouri-St. Louis, One University Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63121, USA
Venue:
Pattern Recognition Letters
Year:
2005

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Abstract

A novel livewire algorithm for image segmentation is proposed. Based on a generalized graph formulation, our algorithm incorporates the internal energy of the boundary curve while preserving the principle of optimality, resulting in better segmentation results in noisy images.