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Guo proposed an improved CV model (MCV model) that needs less iteration
but trapped in local optima for the influence of regions of initial contours; also some points were segmented in a wrong region or were omitted. The means gated by traditional Heviside function isnt accurate to keep the numerical stability. In this article we modify the MCV model
propose a new model using n equations of level set to structure n Regions: pre-segment the image to get the initial contours to avoid the results trapping in local optima and improve the efficiency of segmentation.Then we modify the MCV model by structuring a new symbol function to replace the Heviside function which can keep the numerical stability. Experiment results show that the new model can obtain good results efficiently.