Simultaneous segmentation of images and shapes
Sibel Z. Tari, Jayant M. Shah · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1997
A novel method for simultaneous image segmentation and shape decomposition is presented. The method may be applied directly to grayscale images. The is based on the analysis of the level curves of an 'edge-strength' function which is a measure of boundaryness of the image at each point.