Eels: Electric Snakes
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This paper presents the incorporation of a new internal force for active contours. This internal force is generated by an electric charge, distributed all-over the active contour. Our extended contour model can describe objects with high curvature, without increasing the number of control points.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Computación y Sistemas
دوره 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999