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Record Nr.

UNISA996466594003316

Autore

Cao Frédéric

Titolo

Geometric Curve Evolution and Image Processing [[electronic resource] /] / by Frédéric Cao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2003

ISBN

3-540-36392-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2003.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 194 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, , 0075-8434 ; ; 1805

Disciplina

516.3/62

510 s

Soggetti

Partial differential equations

Optical data processing

Differential geometry

Partial Differential Equations

Image Processing and Computer Vision

Differential Geometry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Part I. The curve smoothing problem: 1. Curve evolution and image processing; 2. Rudimentary bases of curve geometry -- Part II. Theoretical curve evolution: 3. Geometric curve shortening flow; 4. Curve evolution and level sets -- Part III. Numerical curve evolution: 5. Classical numerical methods for curve evolution; 6. A geometrical scheme for curve evolution -- Conclusion and perspectives -- A. Proof of Thm. 4.3.4 -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In image processing, "motions by curvature" provide an efficient way to smooth curves representing the boundaries of objects. In such a motion, each point of the curve moves, at any instant, with a normal velocity equal to a function of the curvature at this point. This book is a rigorous and self-contained exposition of the techniques of "motion by curvature". The approach is axiomatic and formulated in terms of geometric invariance with respect to the position of the observer. This is translated into mathematical terms, and the author develops the approach of Olver, Sapiro and Tannenbaum, which classifies all curve



evolution equations. He then draws a complete parallel with another axiomatic approach using level-set methods: this leads to generalized curvature motions. Finally, novel, and very accurate, numerical schemes are proposed allowing one to compute the solution of highly degenerate evolution equations in a completely invariant way. The convergence of this scheme is also proved.