8.7.3.1 Level Sets, Shape Models, Prior Shape Models

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Level Set.

Pardo, X.M., Leborán, V., Dosil, R.,
Integrating prior shape models into level-set approaches,
PRL(25), No. 6, 19 April 2004, pp. 631-639.
Elsevier DOI 0405
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Ben Ayed, I.[Ismail], Mitiche, A.[Amar], Belhadj, Z.[Ziad],
Multiregion Level-Set Partitioning of Synthetic Aperture Radar Images,
PAMI(27), No. 5, May 2005, pp. 793-800.
IEEE Abstract. 0501
SAR. BibRef
And:
Level Set Curve Evolution Partitioning of Polarimetric Images,
ICIP05(I: 281-284).
IEEE DOI 0512
Code, Level Set Segmentation. Code:
WWW Link. BibRef

Ben Ayed, I.[Ismail], Mitiche, A.[Amar], Belhadj, Z.[Ziad],
Polarimetric Image Segmentation via Maximum-Likelihood Approximation and Efficient Multiphase Level-Sets,
PAMI(28), No. 9, September 2006, pp. 1493-1500.
IEEE DOI 0608
BibRef
And:
Variational Unsupervised Segmentation of Multi-Look Complex Polarimetric Images using a Wishart Observation Model,
ICIP06(3233-3236).
IEEE DOI 0610
Level-set method applied to radar data. BibRef

Ben Ayed, I.[Ismail], Hennane, N., Mitiche, A.[Amar],
Unsupervised Variational Image Segmentation/Classification Using a Weibull Observation Model,
IP(15), No. 11, November 2006, pp. 3431-3439.
IEEE DOI 0610
BibRef

Ben Salah, M.[Mohamed], Mitiche, A.[Amar], Ben Ayed, I.[Ismail],
Effective Level Set Image Segmentation With a Kernel Induced Data Term,
IP(19), No. 1, January 2010, pp. 220-232.
IEEE DOI 1001
BibRef
Earlier:
Image segmentation in a kernel-induced space,
ICIP09(2997-3000).
IEEE DOI 0911
BibRef
Earlier:
A Continuous Labeling for Multiphase Graph Cut Image Partitioning,
ISVC08(I: 268-277).
Springer DOI 0812
BibRef

Ben Ayed, I.[Ismail], Mitiche, A.[Amar], Ben Salah, M.[Mohamed], Li, S.[Shuo],
Finding image distributions on active curves,
CVPR10(3225-3232).
IEEE DOI 1006
BibRef

Ben Ayed, I.[Ismail], Li, S.[Shuo], Ross, I.[Ian],
A Statistical Overlap Prior for Variational Image Segmentation,
IJCV(85), No. 1, October 2009, pp. xx-yy.
Springer DOI 0907
BibRef
Earlier:
Tracking distributions with an overlap prior,
CVPR08(1-7).
IEEE DOI 0806
Level set analysis. Embed information on overlap in distributions. BibRef

Ben Ayed, I.[Ismail], Mitiche, A.[Amar],
A Region Merging Prior for Variational Level Set Image Segmentation,
IP(17), No. 12, December 2008, pp. 2301-2311.
IEEE DOI 0811
BibRef
Earlier:
Merging Active Contours,
ISVC08(II: 181-191).
Springer DOI 0812
BibRef
Earlier:
Embedding a Region Merging Prior in Level Set Vector-Valued Image Segmentation,
ACCV07(I: 925-934).
Springer DOI 0711
BibRef
Earlier:
A Partition Constrained Minimization Scheme for Efficient Multiphase Level Set Image Segmentation,
ICIP06(1641-1644).
IEEE DOI 0610

See also Concurrent 3-D Motion Segmentation and 3-D Interpretation of Temporal Sequences of Monocular Images. BibRef

Ben Ayed, I.[Ismail], Vazquez, C., Mitiche, A., Belhadj, Z.,
SAR Image Segmentation with Active Contours and Level Sets,
ICIP04(IV: 2717-2720).
IEEE DOI 0505

See also Approximation of Images by Basis Functions for Multiple Region Segmentation with Level Sets. BibRef

Cremers, D.[Daniel], Osher, S.J.[Stanley J.], Soatto, S.[Stefano],
Kernel Density Estimation and Intrinsic Alignment for Shape Priors in Level Set Segmentation,
IJCV(69), No. 3, September 2006, pp. 335-351.
Springer DOI 0606
BibRef
Earlier:
Kernel Density Estimation and Intrinsic Alignment for Knowledge-Driven Segmentation: Teaching Level Sets to Walk,
DAGM04(36-44).
Springer DOI 0505
BibRef

Cremers, D.[Daniel],
Dynamical Statistical Shape Priors for Level Set-Based Tracking,
PAMI(28), No. 8, August 2006, pp. 1262-1273.
IEEE DOI 0606
BibRef
Earlier:
A Multiphase Level Set Framework for Motion Segmentation,
ScaleSpace03(599-614).
Springer DOI 0310
BibRef

Cremers, D.[Daniel],
Nonlinear Dynamical Shape Priors for Level Set Segmentation,
CVPR07(1-7).
IEEE DOI Or:
PDF File. 0706
BibRef

Charpiat, G.[Guillaume], Maurel, P.[Pierre], Pons, J.P.[Jean-Philippe], Keriven, R.[Renaud], Faugeras, O.D.[Olivier D.],
Generalized Gradients: Priors on Minimization Flows,
IJCV(73), No. 3, July 2007, pp. 325-344.
Springer DOI 0703
BibRef
Earlier: A1, A4, A3, A5 Only:
Designing Spatially Coherent Minimizing Flows for Variational Problems Based on Active Contours,
ICCV05(II: 1403-1408).
IEEE DOI 0510
use other inner products and other minimizing flows. Introduce different degrees of consistency to avoid being trapped in local minima. The online link includes other related material. BibRef

Riklin-Raviv, T.[Tammy], Kiryati, N.[Nahum], Sochen, N.A.[Nir A.],
Prior-based Segmentation and Shape Registration in the Presence of Perspective Distortion,
IJCV(72), No. 3, May 2007, pp. 309-328.
Springer DOI 0702
BibRef
Earlier:
Segmentation by Level Sets and Symmetry,
CVPR06(I: 1015-1022).
IEEE DOI 0606
BibRef
Earlier:
Prior-Based Segmentation by Projective Registration and Level Sets,
ICCV05(I: 204-211).
IEEE DOI 0510
BibRef

Riklin-Raviv, T.[Tammy], Sochen, N.A.[Nir A.], Kiryati, N.[Nahum],
Shape-Based Mutual Segmentation,
IJCV(79), No. 3, September 2008, pp. xx-yy.
Springer DOI 0806
BibRef
Earlier:
Mutual Segmentation with Level Sets,
PercOrg06(177).
IEEE DOI 0609
BibRef

Riklin-Raviv, T.[Tammy], Sochen, N.A.[Nir A.], Kiryati, N.[Nahum],
On Symmetry, Perspectivity, and Level-Set-Based Segmentation,
PAMI(31), No. 8, August 2009, pp. 1458-1471.
IEEE DOI 0906
Symmetry. For extracting bi-lateral or rotational symmetry. Find symmetry axis. BibRef

Abd el Munim, H.E.[Hossam E.], Farag, A.A.[Aly A.],
Curve/Surface Representation and Evolution Using Vector Level Sets with Application to the Shape-Based Segmentation Problem,
PAMI(29), No. 6, June 2007, pp. 945-958.
IEEE DOI 0704
BibRef
And:
Shape Representation and Registration using Vector Distance Functions,
CVPR07(1-8).
IEEE DOI 0706
BibRef
Earlier:
A Shape-Based Segmentation Approach: An Improved Technique Using Level Sets,
ICCV05(II: 930-935).
IEEE DOI 0510
Vector model for level sets. Planar curves and surfaces. BibRef

Farag, A.A., Abd el Munim, H.E.[Hossam E.], Graham, J.H., Farag, A.A.,
A Novel Approach for Lung Nodules Segmentation in Chest CT Using Level Sets,
IP(22), No. 12, 2013, pp. 5202-5213.
IEEE DOI 1312
computerised tomography BibRef

Aslan, M.S.[Melih S.], Shalaby, A., Abd el Munim, H.E.[Hossam E.], Farag, A.A.[Aly A.],
Probabilistic shape-based segmentation method using level sets,
IET-CV(8), No. 3, June 2014, pp. 182-194.
DOI Link 1407
BibRef
Earlier: A1, A3, A4, Only:
Probabilistic shape-based segmentation using level sets,
ITCVPR11(1372-1377).
IEEE DOI 1201
BibRef

Aslan, M.S.[Melih S.], Abd el Munim, H.E.[Hossam E.], Farag, A.A.[Aly A.], Arnold, B.[Ben], Mostafa, E.A.[Eslam A.], Xiang, P.[Ping],
A new shape based segmentation framework using statistical and variational methods,
ICIP11(717-720).
IEEE DOI 1201
BibRef

Aslan, M.S.[Melih S.], Mostafa, E.A.[Eslam A.], Abd el Munim, H.E.[Hossam E.], Shalaby, A.[Ahmed], Farag, A.A.[Aly A.], Arnold, B.[Ben],
A novel probabilistic simultaneous segmentation and registration using level set,
ICIP11(2161-2164).
IEEE DOI 1201
BibRef

El-Baz, A.S.[Ayman S.], Farag, A.A.[Aly A.], Abd el Munim, H.E.[Hossam E.], Yuksel, S.E.[Seniha E.],
Level Set Segmentation Using Statistical Shape Priors,
MMBIA06(78).
IEEE DOI 0609
BibRef

Hassan, H., Farag, A.A.,
MRA data segmentation using level sets,
ICIP03(II: 173-176).
IEEE DOI 0312
BibRef

Zhang, K.H.[Kai-Hua], Zhang, L.[Lei], Song, H.H.[Hui-Hui], Zhou, W.G.[Wen-Gang],
Active Contours with Selective Local or Global Segmentation: A New Formulation and Level Set Method,
IVC(28), No. 4, April 2010, pp. 668-676.
Elsevier DOI 1002
Active contours; Geodesic active contours; Chan-Vese model; Image segmentation; Level set method
See also Real-Time Visual Tracking Via Online Weighted Multiple Instance Learning. BibRef

Zhang, K.H.[Kai-Hua], Song, H.H.[Hui-Hui], Zhang, L.[Lei],
Active contours driven by local image fitting energy,
PR(43), No. 4, April 2010, pp. 1199-1206.
Elsevier DOI 1002
Image segmentation; Chan-Vese (C-V) model; Active contour models; LBF model
See also Active contours without edges. BibRef

Zhang, L.[Lei], Ji, Q.A.[Qi-Ang],
A level set-based global shape prior and its application to image segmentation,
SLAM09(17-22).
IEEE DOI 0906
BibRef
Earlier:
A New Global Shape Prior for Level Set Based Segmentation,
ICPR08(1-4).
IEEE DOI 0812
BibRef

Alessandrini, M., Dietenbeck, T., Basset, O., Friboulet, D., Bernard, O.,
Using a Geometric Formulation of Annular-Like Shape Priors for Constraining Variational Level-Sets,
PRL(32), No. 9, 1 July 2011, pp. 1240-1249.
Elsevier DOI 1101
BibRef
Earlier: ICIP10(669-672).
IEEE DOI 1009
Level-sets; Segmentation; Annular shapes; Least square fitting BibRef

Dietenbeck, T., Alessandrini, M., Friboulet, D., Bernard, O.,
Creaseg: A free software for the evaluation of image segmentation algorithms based on level-set,
ICIP10(665-668).
IEEE DOI 1009
BibRef

Chen, F.[Fei], Hu, R.[Roland], Yu, H.M.[Hui-Min], Wang, S.Y.[Shi-Yan],
Reduced set density estimator for object segmentation based on shape probabilistic representation,
JVCIR(23), No. 7, October 2012, pp. 1085-1094.
Elsevier DOI 1209
BibRef
Earlier: A1, A3, A2, Only:
Simultaneous variational image segmentation and object recognition via shape sparse representation,
ICIP10(3057-3060).
IEEE DOI 1009
Contrast to level set segmentations. Principal components analysis; Shape priors; Probabilistic method; Segmentation; Reduced set density estimator; Variational methods; Level sets; Shape representation BibRef

Frost, D.[Duncan], Tapamo, J.R.[Jules-Raymond],
Detection and tracking of moving objects in a maritime environment using level set with shape priors,
JIVP(2013), No. 1, 2013, pp. xx-yy.
DOI Link 1309
Ship based survillance cameras. Prior knowledge of ship shape in Level Set segmentation method. BibRef

Wang, X.H.[Xiang-Hai], Wan, Y.[Yu], Li, R.[Rui], Wang, J.L.[Jin-Ling], Fang, L.L.[Ling-Ling],
A multi-object image segmentation C-V model based on region division and gradient guide,
JVCIR(39), No. 1, 2016, pp. 100-106.
Elsevier DOI 1608
Multi-object image segmentation
See also Active contours without edges. BibRef

Wang, X.H.[Xiang-Hai], Song, R.X.[Ruo-Xi], Zhang, C.[Chong], Li, C.[Chang], Fang, L.L.[Ling-Ling],
Image segmentation model based on adaptive adjustment of global and local information,
IJIST(26), No. 3, 2016, pp. 179-187.
DOI Link 1609
global information BibRef

Alvarez, L., Cuenca, C., Díaz, J., González, E.,
Level Set Regularization Using Geometric Flows,
SIIMS(11), No. 2, 2018, pp. 1493-1523.
DOI Link 1807
BibRef

Wang, B., Yuan, X., Gao, X., Li, X., Tao, D.,
A Hybrid Level Set With Semantic Shape Constraint for Object Segmentation,
Cyber(49), No. 5, May 2019, pp. 1558-1569.
IEEE DOI 1903
Shape, Level set, Semantics, Kernel, Image segmentation, Object segmentation, Computational modeling, topology-preserving BibRef

El, A.[Abdallah], El Moataz, A.[Abderrahim], Sadi, A.[Ahcene],
On the Mean Curvature Flow on Graphs with Applications in Image and Manifold Processing,
ICCV13(697-704)
IEEE DOI 1403
Mean curvature; PdE on graphs; data restoration BibRef

Al-Shaikhli, S.D.S.[Saif Dawood Salman], Yang, M.Y.[Michael Ying], Rosenhahn, B.[Bodo],
Medical Image Segmentation Using Multi-level Set Partitioning with Topological Graph Prior,
PSIVTWS13(157-168).
Springer DOI 1402
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