Potential Active Contours – Basic Concepts, Mechanisms and Features

Abstract

Potential active contours are based on the well known potential function method of classification, where the label assigned to the object depends on the distribution of other known and already classified objects. In the classic formulation of this approach, the known objects are fixed, while in the potential active contours’ method their position and parameters are subject of optimization. In the present paper, the basic concept of potential active contours is described and its features are presented.