Gradient vector flow （GVF） is an effective external force for active contours, but its iso- tropic nature handicaps its performance. The recently proposed gradient vector flow in the normal direction （NGVF） is ani...Gradient vector flow （GVF） is an effective external force for active contours, but its iso- tropic nature handicaps its performance. The recently proposed gradient vector flow in the normal direction （NGVF） is anisotropic since it only keeps the diffusion along the normal direction of the isophotes; however, it has difficulties forcing a snake into long, thin boundary indentations. In this paper, a novel external force for active contours called normally generalized gradient vector flow （NGGVF） is proposed, which generalizes the NGVF formulation to include two spatially varying weighting functions. Consequently, the proposed NGGVF snake is anisotropic and would improve ac- tive contour convergence into long, thin boundary indentations while maintaining other desirable properties of the NGVF snake, such as enlarged capture range, initialization insensitivity and good convergence at concavities. The advantages on synthetic and real images are demonstrated.展开更多
采用广义梯度矢量流(G enera lized grad ien t vector flow,GGVF)作为势能函数的Snake算法在处理灰度图像分割时具有较好的性能。但当处理彩色图像时,GGVF模型往往将彩色图像转化为灰度图像进行处理,此过程造成颜色信息丢失,因而容易...采用广义梯度矢量流(G enera lized grad ien t vector flow,GGVF)作为势能函数的Snake算法在处理灰度图像分割时具有较好的性能。但当处理彩色图像时,GGVF模型往往将彩色图像转化为灰度图像进行处理,此过程造成颜色信息丢失,因而容易受到阴影等伪边界灰度变化的干扰。本文提出了基于HSV颜色模型的GGVF,充分利用了图像的色彩信息进行图像分割。实验结果表明,该方法能够有效地区分彩色图像的真实边界与由阴影产生的伪边界,并取得较好的分割结果。展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(60805004)the State Key Lab of Space Medicine Fundamen-tals and Application(SMFA09A16)
文摘Gradient vector flow （GVF） is an effective external force for active contours, but its iso- tropic nature handicaps its performance. The recently proposed gradient vector flow in the normal direction （NGVF） is anisotropic since it only keeps the diffusion along the normal direction of the isophotes; however, it has difficulties forcing a snake into long, thin boundary indentations. In this paper, a novel external force for active contours called normally generalized gradient vector flow （NGGVF） is proposed, which generalizes the NGVF formulation to include two spatially varying weighting functions. Consequently, the proposed NGGVF snake is anisotropic and would improve ac- tive contour convergence into long, thin boundary indentations while maintaining other desirable properties of the NGVF snake, such as enlarged capture range, initialization insensitivity and good convergence at concavities. The advantages on synthetic and real images are demonstrated.
文摘采用广义梯度矢量流(G enera lized grad ien t vector flow,GGVF)作为势能函数的Snake算法在处理灰度图像分割时具有较好的性能。但当处理彩色图像时,GGVF模型往往将彩色图像转化为灰度图像进行处理,此过程造成颜色信息丢失,因而容易受到阴影等伪边界灰度变化的干扰。本文提出了基于HSV颜色模型的GGVF,充分利用了图像的色彩信息进行图像分割。实验结果表明,该方法能够有效地区分彩色图像的真实边界与由阴影产生的伪边界,并取得较好的分割结果。
