A Multiphase Level Set Framework for Image Segmentation Using the Mumford and Shah Model

We propose a new multiphase level set framework for image segmentation using the Mumford and Shah model, for piecewise constant and piecewise smooth optimal approximations. The proposed method is also a generalization of an active contour model without edges based 2-phase segmentation, developed by the authors earlier in T. Chan and L. Vese (1999. In Scale-Space'99, M. Nilsen et al. (Eds.), LNCS, vol. 1682, pp. 141

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: IJCV
• Authors: Luminita A. Vese, Tony F. Chan
• Keywords: 2-phase Segmentation, Active Contour Model, IJCV 2002, Smooth Optimal Approximations