Mixture models for dynamic statistical pressure snakes
| Title | Mixture models for dynamic statistical pressure snakes |
| Publication Type | Conference Papers |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Abd-Almageed W, Smith CE |
| Conference Name | 16th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2002. Proceedings |
| Date Published | 2002/// |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| ISBN Number | 0-7695-1695-X |
| Keywords | active contour models, Active contours, Artificial intelligence, Bayes methods, Bayesian methods, Bayesian theory, complex colored object, Computer vision, decision making, decision making mechanism, dynamic statistical pressure snakes, Equations, expectation maximization algorithm, Gaussian distribution, image colour analysis, Image edge detection, Image segmentation, Intelligent robots, mixture models, mixture of Gaussians, mixture pressure model, Robot vision systems, robust pressure model, Robustness, segmentation results, statistical analysis, statistical modeling |
| Abstract | This paper introduces a new approach to statistical pressure snakes. It uses statistical modeling for both object and background to obtain a more robust pressure model. The Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm is used to model the data into a Mixture of Gaussians (MoG). Bayesian theory is then employed as a decision making mechanism. Experimental results using the traditional pressure model and the new mixture pressure model demonstrate the effectiveness of the new models. |
| DOI | 10.1109/ICPR.2002.1048404 |