Patrícia C.T. Gonçalves1,2, João Manuel R.S. Tavares1,2, R.M. Natal Jorge1,3
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.32, No.1, pp. 45-56, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.032.045
Abstract The main goals of the present work are to automatically extract the contour of an object and to simulate its deformation using a physical approach. In this work, to segment an object represented in an image, an initial contour is manually defined for it that will then automatically evolve until it reaches the border of the desired object. In this approach, the contour is modelled by a physical formulation using the finite element method, and its temporal evolution to the desired final contour is driven by internal and external forces. The internal forces are defined by the intrinsic characteristics of… More >
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