Video segmentation using fast marching and region growing algorithms

  • Authors:
  • Eftychis Sifakis;Ilias Grinias;Georgios Tziritas

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece;Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece;Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

  • Venue:
  • EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The algorithm presented in this paper is comprised of three main stages: (1) classification of the image sequence and, in the case of a moving camera, parametric motion estimation, (2) change detection having as reference a fixed frame, an appropriately selected frame or a displaced frame, and (3) object localization using local colour features. The image sequence classification is based on statistical tests on the frame difference. The change detection module uses a two-label fast marching algorithm. Finally, the object localization uses a region growing algorithm based on the colour similarity. Video object segmentation results are shown using the COST 211 data set.