We discuss the existence of viscosity solutions for a class of anisotropic level-set methods which can be seen as an extension of the mean-curvature motion with a nonlinear anisotropic diffusion tensor. In an earlier ...
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We discuss the existence of viscosity solutions for a class of anisotropic level-set methods which can be seen as an extension of the mean-curvature motion with a nonlinear anisotropic diffusion tensor. In an earlier work (Mikula et al. in Comput. Vis. Sci. 6(4):197-209, [2004];Preusser and Rumpf in SIAM J. Appl. Math. 62(5):1772-1793, [2002]) we have applied such methods for the denoising and enhancement of static images and image sequences. the models are characterized by the fact that-unlike the mean-curvature motion-they are capable of retaining important geometric structures like edges and corners of the level-sets. the article reviews the definition of the model and discusses its geometric behavior. the proof of the existence of viscosity solutions for these models is based on a fixed point argument which utilizes a compactness property of the diffusion tensor. For the application to imageprocessing suitable regularizations of the diffusion tensor are presented for which the compactness assumptions of the existence proof hold. Finally, we consider the half relaxed limits of the solutions of auxiliary problems to show the compactness of the solution operator and thus the existence of a solution to the original problem.
Surface representation and processing is one of the key topics in computergraphics and geometric modeling, since it greatly affects the range of possible applications. In this paper we will present recent advances in...
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Surface representation and processing is one of the key topics in computergraphics and geometric modeling, since it greatly affects the range of possible applications. In this paper we will present recent advances in geometry processingthat are related to the Laplacian processing framework and differential representations. this framework is based on linear operators defined oil polygonal meshes, and furnishes a variety of processing applications, such as shape approximation and compact representation, mesh editing, watermarking and morphing. the core of the framework is the definition of differential coordinates and new bases for efficient mesh geometry representation, based on the mesh Laplacian operator.
the following topics are dealt with: computergraphics; imageprocessing; photography; segmentation; animation and collision detection; interactive computergraphics; tracking; meshes and compression; statistical imag...
the following topics are dealt with: computergraphics; imageprocessing; photography; segmentation; animation and collision detection; interactive computergraphics; tracking; meshes and compression; statistical image analysis; visualization; and mathematical morphology
this work describes a new framework for automatic extraction of 2D branching structures images obtained from 3D shapes, such as neurons and retinopathy images. the majority of methods for neuronal cell shape analysis ...
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We present a novel method for correcting the significance level of hypothesis testing that requires multiple comparisons. It is based on the spectral graph theory, in which the variables are seen as the vertices of a ...
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We present a novel method for correcting the significance level of hypothesis testing that requires multiple comparisons. It is based on the spectral graph theory, in which the variables are seen as the vertices of a complete undirected graph and the correlation matrix as the adjacency matrix that weights its edges. the method increases the statistical power of the analysis by refuting the assumption of independence among variables, while keeping the probability of false positives low. By computing the eigenvalues of the correlation matrix, it is possible to obtain valuable information about the dependence levels among the variables of the problem, so that the effective number of independent variables can be estimated. the method is compared to other available models and its effectiveness illustrated in case studies involving high-dimensional sets of variables.
the image Foresting Transform (IFT) is a tool for the design of imageprocessing operators based on connectivity, which reduces imageprocessing problems into an optimum-path forest problem in a graph derived from the...
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the image Foresting Transform (IFT) is a tool for the design of imageprocessing operators based on connectivity, which reduces imageprocessing problems into an optimum-path forest problem in a graph derived from the image. A new image operator is presented, which solves segmentation by pruning trees of the forest. An IFT is applied to create an optimum-path forest whose roots are seed pixels, selected inside a desired object. In this forest, object and background are connected by optimum paths (leaking paths), which cross the object's boundary through its "most weakly connected" parts (leaking pixels). these leaking pixels are automatically identified and their subtrees are eliminated, such that the remaining forest defines the object. Tree pruning runs in linear time, is extensible to multidimensional images, is free of ad hoc parameters, and requires only internal seeds, with little interference from the heterogeneity of the background. these aspects favor solutions for automatic segmentation. We present a formal definition of the obtained objects, algorithms, sufficient conditions for tree pruning, and two applications involving automatic segmentation: 3D MR-image segmentation of the human brain and image segmentation of license plates. Given that its most competitive approach is the watershed transform by markers, we also include a comparative analysis between them.
Generalized rigid and generalized affine registration and interpolation obtained by finite displacements and by optical flow are here developed variationally and numerically as well as with respect to a geometric mult...
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Generalized rigid and generalized affine registration and interpolation obtained by finite displacements and by optical flow are here developed variationally and numerically as well as with respect to a geometric multigrid solution process. For high order optimality systems under natural boundary conditions, it is shown that the convergence criteria of Hackbusch (Iterative Solution of Large Sparse Systems of Equations. Springer, Berlin, 1993) are met. Specifically, the Galerkin formalism is used together with a multi-colored ordering of unknowns to permit vectorization of a symmetric successive over-relaxation on imageprocessing systems. the geometric multigrid procedure is situated as an inner iteration within an outer Newton or lagged diffusivity iteration, which in turn is embedded within a pyramidal scheme that initializes each outer iteration from predictions obtained on coarser levels. Differences between results obtainable by finite displacements and by optical flows are elucidated. Specifically, independence of image order can be shown for optical flow but in general not for finite displacements. Also, while autonomous optical flows are used in practice, it is shown explicitly that finite displacements generate a broader class of registrations. this work is motivated by applications in histological reconstruction and in dynamic medical imaging, and results are shown for such realistic examples.
We discuss the existence of viscosity solutions for a class of anisotropic level-set methods which can be seen as an extension of the mean-curvature motion with a nonlinear anisotropic diffusion tensor. In an earlier ...
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We discuss the existence of viscosity solutions for a class of anisotropic level-set methods which can be seen as an extension of the mean-curvature motion with a nonlinear anisotropic diffusion tensor. In an earlier work (Mikula et al. in Comput. Vis. Sci. 6(4):197-209, [2004];Preusser and Rumpf in SIAM J. Appl. Math. 62(5):1772-1793, [2002]) we have applied such methods for the denoising and enhancement of static images and image sequences. the models are characterized by the fact that-unlike the mean-curvature motion-they are capable of retaining important geometric structures like edges and corners of the level-sets. the article reviews the definition of the model and discusses its geometric behavior. the proof of the existence of viscosity solutions for these models is based on a fixed point argument which utilizes a compactness property of the diffusion tensor. For the application to imageprocessing suitable regularizations of the diffusion tensor are presented for which the compactness assumptions of the existence proof hold. Finally, we consider the half relaxed limits of the solutions of auxiliary problems to show the compactness of the solution operator and thus the existence of a solution to the original problem.
In this work we propose a method for computing mesh representations of 3D objects reconstructed from a set of silhouette images. Our method is based on the polygonization of volumetric reconstructions by using a modif...
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In this work we propose a method for computing mesh representations of 3D objects reconstructed from a set of silhouette images. Our method is based on the polygonization of volumetric reconstructions by using a modified version of the dual contouring method. In order to apply dual contouring on volumetric reconstruction from silhouettes we devised a method that is able to determine the discrete topology of the surface in relation to the octree cells. We also developed a new scheme for computing hermitian data representing the intersections of conic volumes withthe octree cells and their corresponding normals with subpixel accuracy. Due to the discrete and extremely noisy nature of the data used in the reconstruction we had to devise a different criterion for mesh simplification that applies topological consistency tests only when the geometric error measure is beyond a given tolerance. We present results of the application of the proposed method in the extraction of a mesh corresponding to the surface of objects of a real scene.
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