Application of the Level-Set Model with Constraints in Image Segmentation

Application of the Level-Set Model with Constraints in Image Segmentation

Year:    2016

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 9 (2016), Iss. 1 : pp. 147–168

Abstract

We propose and analyze a constrained level-set method for semi-automatic image segmentation. Our level-set model with constraints on the level-set function enables us to specify which parts of the image lie inside respectively outside the segmented objects. Such a-priori information can be expressed in terms of upper and lower constraints prescribed for the level-set function. Constraints have the same conceptual meaning as initial seeds of the popular graph-cuts based methods for image segmentation. A numerical approximation scheme is based on the complementary-finite volumes method combined with the Projected successive overrelaxation method adopted for solving constrained linear complementarity problems. The advantage of the constrained level-set method is demonstrated on several artificial images as well as on cardiac MRI data.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.2015.m1418

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 9 (2016), Iss. 1 : pp. 147–168

Published online:    2016-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    22

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