A novel active contour model named Variable Background Active Contour model is proposed and applied for the detection of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images. The new model offers ...
Michalis A. Savelonas, Dimitrios E. Maroulis, Dimi...
We describe a method for learning statistical models of images using a second-order hidden Markov mesh model. First, an image can be segmented in a way that best matches its stati...
Daniel DeMenthon, David S. Doermann, Marc Vuilleum...
We describe a generative model of the relationship between two images. The model is deļ¬ned as a factored threeway Boltzmann machine, in which hidden variables collaborate to deļ...
Joshua Susskind, Roland Memisevic, Geoffrey Hinton...
The theoretical outcomes and experimental results of new color model implemented in algorithms and software of image processing are presented in the paper. This model, as it will b...
Rashad J. Rasras, Ibrahiem M. M. El Emary, Dimitri...
Divisive normalization has been recognized as a successful approach to model the perceptual sensitivity of biological vision. It also provides a useful image representation that i...