An Overview of Active Contour Models
Jun Niu · 2005
The active contour models(also named snake models)is an energy-minimizing curve controlled by the internal energy of the curve and the external energy of the image.Under the principle of energy minimizing,it can move and eventually stop near the object boundry.It has been improved and widely used in the last decade.This paper briefly introduces the principle and mathematical model of active contours,and then gives the overview of its development and applications.