适用于多目标图像分割的改进BVF Snake模型
Improved BVF Snake Model for the Segmentation of an Image with Multiple Targets
DOI: 10.12677/JISP.2023.123021, PDF,    科研立项经费支持
作者: 田原嫄, 史伟秋：东北电力大学机械工程学院，吉林 吉林；郭海涛*：海南热带海洋学院海洋科学技术学院，海南 三亚
关键词: 图像分割；Snake；BVF Snake；Image Segmentation； Snake； BVF Snake
摘要: 参数活动轮廓模型(Snake)在计算机视觉和图像处理领域有着广泛的应用。传统的Snake算法存在许多不足，包括计算量大和当存在多目标时不能收敛到特定目标。虽然边界向量场(Boundary Vector Field, BVF) Snake减小了计算量强度，但是当存在多目标时仍然不能收敛到特定目标。本文通过力场分析，确定了BVF Snake不适用于多目标图像分割的原因；通过改进，提出一种改进的方向BVF (directional BVF, DBVF) Snake模型；在该模型中，通过在特定目标内部增加一个点，得到一个方向向量场，来确定Snake的收敛方向，使其在存在多目标时可以收敛到特定目标。本文对DBVF Snake在增大捕捉范围、添加不同噪声两个方面和常见的Snake模型进行了对比分析，同时对声呐图像进行了分割，实验结果证明了本文提出的模型(方法)对多目标图像分割的有效性。
Abstract: The parametric active contour model (Snake) has a wide range of applications in the field of computer vision and image processing. The traditional Snake model has many shortcomings, including high computational effort and failure to converge to the specific target when multiple targets exist. Although the boundary vector field (BVF) Snake reduces the computational intensity, it still fails to converge to the specific target when there are multiple targets. In this paper, the force field is inspected to determine the reasons why the BVF Snake is not applicable to the segmentation of an image with multiple targets, and improvements are made to propose an improved directional BVF (DBVF) Snake model. In this model, a directional vector field is obtained by adding one point inside a specific target to determine the convergence direction of the Snake, so that it can converge to a specific target in the presence of multiple targets. In the paper, the DBVF Snake model is compared with the common Snake models in two aspects of increasing the capture range and adding different noises, and the sonar images are segmented and segmented results show that the DBVF Snake model is valid for the segmentation of an image with multiple targets.
文章引用：田原嫄, 史伟秋, 郭海涛. 适用于多目标图像分割的改进BVF Snake模型[J]. 图像与信号处理, 2023, 12(3): 211-225. https://doi.org/10.12677/JISP.2023.123021

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