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This paper proposes a guidance in the process of choosing and using the parameters of elasticity of a snake in order to obtain a precise segmentation. A new two step procedure is defined based on upper and lower bounds on the parameters. Formulas, by which these bounds can be calculated for real images where parts of the contour may be missing, are presented. Experiments on segmentation of bone structures in X-ray images have verified the usefulness of the new procedure.
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Larsen, O.V., Radeva, P., Martí, E. (1995). Guidelines for choosing optimal parameters of elasticity for snakes. In: Hlaváč, V., Šára, R. (eds) Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns. CAIP 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 970. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60268-2_286
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