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In this paper, we propose an interactive image retrieval method based on interactive image segmentation and relevance feedback. For testing the performance of the algorithm, we built an image database by web crawlers, and added a background label to each image by histogram analysis. For image retrieval, an interactive image segmentation scheme based on GrabCut has been applied to get the region of...
Extracting non-rigid object from images can be used in object recognition, medical image analysis, video monitoring, etc. In order to improve the efficiency and accuracy of visual object extraction, we design a candidate shape generator based on a mixture strategy, called mixture generator, it combines the image data driven method with model parameter driven method, and tends to generate valid shape...
Human head pose estimation is a hot topic in computer vision field, which can be used in video surveillance, Human Computer Interaction and so on. Active Shape Model is a template matching method, which is suitable for object localization and point based feature extraction. In this paper, we propose an algorithm based on Active Shape Model for head pose estimation. In the proposed algorithm, we firstly...
In this paper, a new method for the estimation of 3D human body poses from monocular images is proposed. Histograms of oriented gradients are used as the features for modeling human body poses. Human body poses are represented as 3D limb angles, which can remove the structure information from pose vector. Relevance Vector Machine is used to infer the mapping from image features to body poses. Experiments...
Incorporating constraints into the kernel-based regression is an effective means to improve regression performance. Nevertheless, in many applications, the constraints are continuous with respect to some parameters so that computational difficulties arise. Discretizing the constraints is a reasonable solution for these difficulties. However, in the context of kernel-based regression, most of existing...
This paper presents a novel segmentation algorithm for metallographic images, especially those objects without regular boundaries and homogeneous intensities. In metallographic quantification, the complex microstructures make conventional approaches hard to achieve a satisfactory partition. We formulate the segmentation procedure as a new framework of iterative watershed region growing constrained...
Facial feature extraction attracts much research interest due to its importance value in applications including human-computer interaction and visual surveillance. Model-based algorithms such as active shape models and active appearance models are efficient for facial feature extraction in color images. However, the complexity of the images and the local nature of active shape models optimization...
Approaches of ROI (regions of interest) confirmed and similarity calculated are key techniques for ROIBIR (regions of interest-based image retrieval) system. In this paper, two approaches of confirming ROI and a region-based similarity measure approach are proposed. Two approaches of confirming ROI which consider enough the visibility of image regions,the possibility of designating region and itpsilas...
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