A Novel Multi-scale Fast Algorithm for Edge Detection Based on DDCM Active Contour Model[J]. Journal of Image and Graphics, 2003, 8(3): 256. DOI: 10.11834/jig.20030390.
Active Contour Model(Snakes) has been successfully applied in the areas of computer vision and image processing. In particular
it reveal much potentials for edge detection and tracking. However
traditional Active Contour Models are very sensitive to the position of initial contour
which limits its further application in edge detection area. To overcome this problem
an accurate and fast multi-scale DDCM active contour model is proposed in this paper
where the curvature of the contour is modulated according to different step during edge detection. We employ this approach to detect the edge of interested objects in CT images. Compared with traditional active contour model
the proposed algorithm has a better performance of edge detection with the aspects of accuracy and speed