8.7.2.2 Tracking Deformable Shapes

Leymarie, F.F., and Levine, M.D.,
Tracking Deformable Objects in the Plane Using an Active Contour Model,
PAMI(15), No. 6, June 1993, pp. 617-634.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. Segment the object in the noisy image and track it through frames. Applied to MAT: See also Simulating the Grassfire Transform Using an Active Contour Model. BibRef 9306

Leymarie, F.F.,
Tracking and Describing Deformable Objects Using Active Contour Models,
McGill UniversityTR-CIM-90-9, McGill University, February 1990.
WWW Version. 9002 BibRef

Leymarie, F.F., and Levine, M.D.,
Curvature Morphology,
McGill UniversityTR-CIM-88-26, McGill University, December 1988.
WWW Version. 8812 BibRef

Pei, S.C., Liou, L.G.,
Using Moments To Acquire The Motion Parameters of a Deformable Object without Correspondences,
IVC(12), No. 8, October 1994, pp. 475-485.
WWW Version. BibRef 9410

Pei, S.C., Liou, L.G.,
Tracking a Planar Patch in Three-Dimensional Space by Affine Transformation in Monocular and Binocular Vision,
PR(26), No. 1, January 1993, pp. 23-31.
WWW Version. BibRef 9301

Pei, S.C., Liou, L.G.,
What Can Be Seen in a Noisy Optical-Flow Field Projected by a Moving Planar Patch in 3D Space,
PR(30), No. 9, September 1997, pp. 1401-1413.
WWW Version. 9708 BibRef

Jain, A.K., Zhong, Y., Lakshmanan, S.,
Object Matching Using Deformable Templates,
PAMI(18), No. 3, March 1996, pp. 267-278.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. Deformable Template. Object prototype gives prior knowledge of the shape. Using edges, find a match with the image with coarse-to-fine matching. BibRef 9603

Zhong, Y.[Yu], Jain, A.K.[Anil K.], and Dubuisson-Jolly, M.P.[Marie-Pierre],
Object Tracking Using Deformable Templates,
PAMI(22), No. 5, May 2000, pp. 544-549.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. 0008 BibRef
Earlier: ICCV98(440-445).
WWW Version. Combine frame-to-frame changes and model to image matches. BibRef

Dubuisson-Jolly, M.P.[Marie-Pierre], Gupta, A.[Alok],
Tracking Deformable Templates Using a Shortest Path Algorithm,
CVIU(81), No. 1, January 2001, pp. 26-45. 0102
WWW Version. BibRef

Dubuisson-Jolly, M.P.[Marie-Pierre], Liang, C.C.[Cheng-Chung], and Gupta, A.[Alok],
Optimal Polyline Tracking for Artery Motion Compensation in Coronary Angiography,
ICCV98(414-419).
WWW Version. BibRef 9800

Marques, J.S.[Jorge S.], Lemos, J.M.[Joao M.],
Optimal and suboptimal shape tracking based on multiple switched dynamic models,
IVC(19), No. 8, May 2001, pp. 539-550.
WWW Version. 0106 BibRef
Earlier:
Shape Tracking Based on Switched Dynamical Models,
ICIP99(II:954-958).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. BibRef

Cheikh, F.A.[Faouzi Alaya], Cramariuc, B.[Bogdan], Partio, M.[Mari], Reijonen, P.[Pasi], Gabbouj, M.[Moncef],
Ordinal-Measure Based Shape Correspondence,
JASP(2002), No. 4, 2002, pp. 362-371.
HTML Version. 0204 BibRef

Mech, R.[Roland], Marqués, F.[Ferran],
Objective Evaluation Criteria for 2D-Shape Estimation Results of Moving Objects,
JASP(2002), No. 4, 2002, pp. 401-409.
HTML Version. 0204 BibRef

Nascimento, J.C., Marques, J.S.,
Improving the robustness of parametric shape tracking with switched multiple models,
PR(35), No. 12, December 2002, pp. 2711-2718.
WWW Version. 0209 BibRef

Nascimento, J.C., Marques, J.S.,
Robust Shape Tracking With Multiple Models in Ultrasound Images,
IP(17), No. 3, March 2008, pp. 392-406.
WWW Version. 0802 BibRef

Nascimento, J.C., Marques, J.S.,
Adaptive Snakes Using the EM Algorithm,
IP(14), No. 11, November 2005, pp. 1678-1686.
WWW Version. 0510 BibRef
And: Errata: IP(15), No. 3, March 2006, pp. 788-788.
WWW Version. 0604 BibRef

Nguyen, H.T.[Hieu Tat], Worring, M., van den Boomgaard, R., Smeulders, A.W.M.,
Tracking nonparameterized object contours in video,
IP(11), No. 9, September 2002, pp. 1081-1091.
WWW Version. 0210 BibRef

Nguyen, H.T.[Hieu T.], Worring, M.[Marcel], van den Boomgaard, R.[Rein],
Occlusion Robust Adaptive Template Tracking,
ICCV01(I: 678-683).
WWW Version. 0106 BibRef

Li, P.H.[Pei-Hua], Zhang, T.W.[Tian-Wen], Pece, A.E.C.[Arthur E.C.],
Visual contour tracking based on particle filters,
IVC(21), No. 1, January 2003, pp. 111-123.
WWW Version. 0301 BibRef

Pece, A.E.C.[Arthur E.C.], Worrall, A.D.[Anthony D.],
A comparison between feature-based and EM-based contour tracking,
IVC(24), No. 11, 1 November 2006, pp. 1218-1232.
WWW Version. 0610 BibRef
Earlier:
Tracking with the EM Contour Algorithm,
ECCV02(I: 3 ff.).
HTML Version. 0205Active contour for pose refinement and tracking. Generative model; EM algorithm; Kalman filter; Empirical information matrix BibRef

Pece, A.E.C.[Arthur E.C.],
Contour tracking based on marginalized likelihood ratios,
IVC(24), No. 3, 1 March 2006, pp. 301-317.
WWW Version. Generative model; Active contour; Particle filter; EM algorithm; Kalman filter 0604 BibRef
Earlier:
A Comparison of Active-Contour Models Based on Blurring and on Marginalization,
PETS05(333-340).
WWW Version. 0602 BibRef
Earlier:
Tracking of Non-Gaussian Clusters in the PETS2001 Image Sequences,
PETS01(xx-yy). 0110 BibRef

Nava, F.P.[Fernando Pérez], Martel, A.F.[Antonio Falcón],
Wavelet modeling of contour deformations in Sobolev spaces for fitting and tracking applications,
PR(36), No. 5, May 2003, pp. 1119-1130.
WWW Version. 0301 BibRef

Zimmer, C., Labruyere, E., Meas-Yedid, V., Guillen, N., Olivo-Marin, J.C.,
Segmentation and tracking of migrating cells in videomicroscopy with parametric active contours: a tool for cell-based drug testing,
MedImg(21), No. 10, October 2002, pp. 1212-1221.
IEEE Top Reference. 0301 BibRef
And:
Improving active contours for segmentation and tracking of motile cells in videomicroscopy,
ICPR02(II: 286-289).
WWW Version. 0211 BibRef

Zimmer, C., Olivo-Marin, J.C.,
Coupled Parametric Active Contours,
PAMI(27), No. 11, November 2005, pp. 1838-1842.
WWW Version. 0510Deal with occasional touching, contours do not merge. BibRef

Pecreaux, J., Zimmer, C., Olivo-Marin, J.C.,
Biophysical Active Contours for Cell Tracking I: Tension and Bending,
ICIP06(1949-1952). 0610
WWW Version. BibRef

Koschan, A.F.[Andreas F.], Kang, S.K.[Sang-Kyu], Paik, J.K.[Joon-Ki], Abidi, B.R.[Besma R.], Abidi, M.A.[Mongi A.],
Color active shape models for tracking non-rigid objects,
PRL(24), No. 11, July 2003, pp. 1751-1765.
WWW Version. 0304 BibRef

Kang, S.K., Koschan, A.F., Zhang, H.S., Paik, J.K., Abidi, B.R., Abidi, M.A.,
Hierarchical approach to enhanced active shape model for color video tracking,
ICIP02(I: 888-891).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0210 BibRef

Li, P.H.[Pei-Hua], Zhang, T.W.[Tian-Wen], Ma, B.[Bo],
Unscented Kalman filter for visual curve tracking,
IVC(22), No. 2, 1 February 2004, pp. 157-164.
WWW Version. 0402For each step, make multiple measurements on appropriately chosen sample points, thus obtaining the best observation according to the measurement density. BibRef

Tsechpenakis, G., Rapantzikos, K., Tsapatsoulis, N., Kollias, S.,
A snake model for object tracking in natural sequences,
SP:IC(19), No. 3, March 2004, pp. 219-238.
WWW Version. 0402 BibRef

Ristivojevic, M., Konrad, J.[Janusz],
Space-Time Image Sequence Analysis: Object Tunnels and Occlusion Volumes,
IP(15), No. 2, February 2006, pp. 364-376.
WWW Version. 0602 BibRef
Earlier: A2, A1:
Joint space-time image sequence segmentation based on volume competition and level sets,
ICIP02(I: 573-576).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0210Find the volumn carved by the object through time. BibRef

Hsu, C.T.[Chiou-Ting], Hsieh, M.S.[Ming-Shen],
Region tracking for non-rigid video objects in a non-parametric MAP framework,
SP:IC(21), No. 3, March 2006, pp. 235-251.
WWW Version. 0604 BibRef
Earlier:
Segmentation of non-rigid object in a non-parametric MAP framework,
ICIP03(I: 997-1000).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0312Map model; Non-parametric density estimation; Non-rigid motion; Curve evolution BibRef

Xiong, G.[Guanglei], Feng, C.[Chao], Ji, L.[Liang],
Dynamical Gaussian mixture model for tracking elliptical living objects,
PRL(27), No. 7, May 2006, pp. 838-842.
WWW Version. Gaussian mixture model; EM algorithm; Kalman filtering; Tracking 0604 BibRef

Wilson, C.A., Theriot, J.A.,
A Correlation-Based Approach to Calculate Rotation and Translation of Moving Cells,
IP(15), No. 7, July 2006, pp. 1939-1951.
WWW Version. 0606 BibRef

Moreno-Noguer, F.[Francesc], Sanfeliu, A.[Alberto], Samaras, D.[Dimitris],
Integration of deformable contours and a multiple hypotheses Fisher color model for robust tracking in varying illuminant environments,
IVC(25), No. 3, March 2007, pp. 285-296.
WWW Version. 0701Tracking; Deformable contours; Color adaption; Particle filters See also Dependent Multiple Cue Integration for Robust Tracking. See also Integration of Conditionally Dependent Object Features for Robust Figure/Background Segmentation. BibRef

Sum, K.W., Cheung, P.Y.S.[Paul Y.S.],
Boundary vector field for parametric active contours,
PR(40), No. 6, June 2007, pp. 1635-1645.
WWW Version. 0704Parametric active contours; Snakes; External forces; Gradient vector flow; Boundary vector field; Capture range; Concave object extraction; Image segmentation; Medical image analysis BibRef

Jiang, H.[Hao], Drew, M.S.[Mark S.],
Shadow resistant tracking using inertia constraints,
PR(40), No. 7, July 2007, pp. 1929-1945.
WWW Version. 0704 BibRef
Earlier:
A predictive contour inertia snake model for general video tracking,
ICIP02(III: 413-416).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0210Shadows; Tracking; Snakes; Active contours; Variational; Illumination invariance; Inertia BibRef

Allili, M.S.[Mohand Said], Ziou, D.[Djemel],
Globally adaptive region information for automatic color-texture image segmentation,
PRL(28), No. 15, 1 November 2007, pp. 1946-1956.
WWW Version. 0711 BibRef
Earlier:
Automatic Color-Texture Image Segmentation by Using Active Contours,
IWICPAS06(495-504).
WWW Version. 0608 BibRef
Earlier:
An Automatic Segmentation of Color Images by Using a Combination of Mixture Modelling and Adaptive Region Information: A Level Set Approach,
ICIP05(I: 305-308).
WWW Version. 0512Color; Texture; Polarity; Level sets; Automatic segmentation BibRef

Allili, M.S.[Mohand Saïd], Ziou, D.[Djemel],
Active contours for video object tracking using region, boundary and shape information,
SIViP(1), No. 2, June 2007, pp. 101-117.
WWW Version. 0707 BibRef
Earlier:
Adaptive Appearance Model for Object Contour Tracking in Videos,
CRV07(510-518).
WWW Version. 0705 BibRef
Earlier:
A Robust Video Object Tracking by Using Active Contours,
OTCBVS06(135).
WWW Version. 0609 BibRef
And:
Object Contour Tracking in Videos by Matching Finite Mixture Models,
AVSBS06(35-35).
WWW Version. 0611 BibRef
Earlier:
An Automatic Segmentation Combining Mixture Analysis and Adaptive Region Information: A Level Set Approach,
CRV05(73-80).
WWW Version. 0505 See also Hybrid SEM Algorithm for High-Dimensional Unsupervised Learning Using a Finite Generalized Dirichlet Mixture, A. BibRef

Allili, M.S.[Mohand Said], Ziou, D.[Djemel],
Object of Interest segmentation and Tracking by Using Feature Selection and Active Contours,
OTCBVS07(1-8).
WWW Version. 0706 BibRef
And:
Using Feature Selection For Object Segmentation and Tracking,
CRV07(191-200).
WWW Version. 0705 BibRef

Schreiber, D.[David],
Robust template tracking with drift correction,
PRL(28), No. 12, 1 September 2007, pp. 1483-1491.
WWW Version. 0707Template tracking; The Lucas-Kanade algorithm; Robust least squares BibRef

Schreiber, D.[David],
Generalizing the Lucas-Kanade algorithm for histogram-based tracking,
PRL(29), No. 7, 1 May 2008, pp. 852-861.
WWW Version. 0804Template tracking; The Lucas-Kanade algorithm; Histogram-based tracking; Kernel-based tracking; Robust least squares; Pedestrian tracking See also Iterative Image Registration Technique with an Application to Stereo Vision, An. BibRef

Xu, N.[Ning], Ahuja, N.[Narendra], Bansal, R.[Ravi],
Object segmentation using graph cuts based active contours,
CVIU(107), No. 3, September 2007, pp. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Volume 107, Issue 3, September 2007, 210-224.
WWW Version. 0709 BibRef
Earlier: A1, A3, A2: CVPR03(II: 46-53).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0307 BibRef
Earlier: A1, A2, Only:
Object contour tracking using graph cuts based active contours,
ICIP02(III: 277-280).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0210Object segmentation; Active contours; Snakes; Graph cut BibRef

Yan, J.H.[Jian-Hua], Zhang, K.Q.[Ke-Qi], Zhang, C.C.[Cheng-Cui], Chen, S.C.[Shu-Ching], Narasimhan, G.[Giri],
A Graph Reduction Method for 2D Snake Problems,
CVPR07(1-6).
WWW Version. 0706 BibRef

Shekhovtsov, A.[Alexander], Kovtun, I.[Ivan], Hlavac, V.[Vaclav],
Efficient MRF Deformation Model for Non-Rigid Image Matching,
CVPR07(1-6).
WWW Version. 0706 BibRef

Yan, J.[Jun], Zhou, X.B.[Xiao-Bo], Yang, Q.[Qiong], Liu, N.[Ning], Cheng, Q.S.[Qian-Sheng], Wong, S.T.C.,
An Effective System for Optical Microscopy Cell Image Segmentation, Tracking and Cell Phase Identification,
ICIP06(1917-1920). 0610
WWW Version. BibRef

Husain, M., Saber, E., Misic, V., Joralemon, S.P.,
Dynamic Object Tracking by Partial Shape Matching for Video Surveillance Applications,
ICIP06(2405-2408). 0610
WWW Version. BibRef

Wilson, R.C., Das, S., Finkel, L.H.,
Motion as Shape: A Novel Method for the Recognition and Prediction of Biological Motion,
BMVC06(II:669).
PDF Version. 0609 BibRef

Takeshima, H.[Hidenori], Ida, T.[Takashi], Kaneko, T.[Toshimitsu],
Object Contour Detection Using Spatio-temporal Self-similarity,
ICPR06(I: 613-617).
WWW Version. 0609 BibRef

Lee, C.S., Elgammal, A.M.,
Style Adaptive Bayesian Tracking Using Explicit Manifold Learning,
BMVC05(xx-yy).
HTML Version. 0509Contour tracking for human motion. BibRef

Shahrokni, A.[Ali], Fleuret, F., Fua, P.[Pascal],
Classifier-based Contour Tracking for Rigid and Deformable Objects,
BMVC05(xx-yy).
HTML Version. 0509 BibRef

Metaxas, D.N., Qian, Z.[Zhen], Huang, X.L.[Xiao-Lei], Huang, R.[Rui], Chen, T.[Ting], Axel, L.,
Hybrid Deformable Models for Medical Segmentation and Registration,
ICARCV06(1-6).
WWW Version. 0612 BibRef

Huang, X.L.[Xiao-Lei], Qian, Z.[Zhen], Huang, R.[Rui], Metaxas, D.N.[Dimitris N.],
Deformable-Model Based Textured Object Segmentation,
EMMCVPR05(119-135).
WWW Version. 0601 BibRef

Gevers, T., Aldershoff, F.,
Color invariant density estimation for image segmentation and object tracking,
ICIP04(V: 3029-3032).
WWW Version. 0505 BibRef

Kawamoto, K.[Kazuhiko], Hirota, K.[Kaoru],
Curve Tracking by Hypothesis Propagation and Voting-Based Verification,
IWCIA04(151-163).
WWW Version. 0505 BibRef

Xu, W.[Weibing], Amin, S.A.[Saad A.], Haas, O.C.L.[Olivier C.L.], Burnham, K.J.[Keith J.], Mills, J.A.[John A.],
Snake-Aided Automatic Organ Delineation,
DAGM04(504-511).
WWW Version. 0505 BibRef

Chung, D.[Desmond], MacLean, W.J.[W. James], Dickinson, S.[Sven],
Integrating region and boundary information for spatially coherent object tracking,
IVC(24), No. 7, July 2006, pp. 680-692.
WWW Version. 0608 BibRef
Integrating Region and Boundary Information for Improved Spatial Coherence in Object Tracking,
Non-Rigid04(3).
HTML Version. 0502Motion estimation; Boundary recovery; Parametric models; Motion layers BibRef

de Bruijne, M., Nielsen, M.,
Image segmentation by shape particle filtering,
ICPR04(III: 722-725).
WWW Version. 0409 BibRef

da Fontoura Costa, L., Schubert, D.,
A framework for cell movement image analysis,
CIAP03(271-276).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0310 BibRef

Huang, F.[Fuzhen], Su, J.B.[Jian-Bo],
Moment-Based Shape Priors for Geometric Active Contours,
ICPR06(II: 56-59).
WWW Version. 0609 BibRef
Earlier:
Multiple face contour detection based on geometric active contours,
AFGR04(385-390).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0411 BibRef
Earlier:
Deformable pedal curves with application to face contour extraction,
CVPR03(I: 328-333).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0307 BibRef

Wu, Y.[Ying], Hua, G.[Gang], Yu, T.[Ting],
Switching observation models for contour tracking in clutter,
CVPR03(I: 295-302).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0307 BibRef

Giebel, J., Gavrila, D.M.,
Multimodal Shape Tracking with Point Distribution Models,
DAGM02(1 ff.).
HTML Version. 0303 BibRef

Brandner, M., Pinz, A.,
Real-Time Tracking of Complex Objects Using Dynamic Interpretation Tree,
DAGM02(9 ff.).
HTML Version. 0303 BibRef

Abd-Almageed, W., Smith, C.E.,
Mixture models for dynamic statistical pressure snakes,
ICPR02(II: 721-724).
WWW Version. 0211 BibRef

Seise, M., McKenna, S.J., Ricketts, I.W., Wigderowitz, C.A.,
Segmenting Multiple Objects with Overlapping Appearance and Uncertainty,
BMVC06(II:839).
PDF Version. 0609 BibRef
Earlier:
Double Contour Active Shape Models,
BMVC05(xx-yy).
HTML Version. 0509 BibRef

McAllister, G., McKenna, S.J., Ricketts, I.W.,
MLESAC tracking with 2D revolute-prismatic articulated models,
ICPR02(II: 725-728).
WWW Version. 0211 BibRef

Li, P.H.[Pei-Hua], Zhang, T.W.[Tian-Wen],
Visual contour tracking based on sequential importance sampling/resampling algorithm,
ICPR02(II: 564-568).
WWW Version. 0211 BibRef

Izquierdo, D., Berthoumieu, Y.,
Region level segmentation based on a derivative approach for video tracking process,
ICIP02(II: 321-324).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0210 BibRef

Kalafatic, Z., Ribaric, S., Stanisavljevic, V.,
A system for tracking laboratory animals based on optical flow and active contours,
CIAP01(334-339).
IEEE Top Reference. 0210 BibRef

Ieng, S.S.[Sio-Song], Tarel, J.P.[Jean-Philippe], Charbonnier, P.[Pierre],
Evaluation of Robust Fitting Based Detection,
ECCV04(Vol II: 341-352).
WWW Version. 0405 BibRef

Tarel, J.P.[Jean-Philippe], Ieng, S.S.[Sio-Song], Charbonnier, P.[Pierre],
Using Robust Estimation Algorithms for Tracking Explicit Curves,
ECCV02(I: 492 ff.).
HTML Version.
HTML Version.
Postscript Version. 0205 BibRef

Grazzini, J., Béréziat, D., Herlin, I.,
Analysis of Cloudy Structures Evolution on Meteorological Satellite Acquisitions,
ICIP01(III: 760-763).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0108 BibRef

Hu, C.B.[Chang-Bo], Li, Y.[Yi], Ma, S.D.[Song-De], Lu, H.[Hangqing],
Region Based Parametric Motion Representation,
ICPR00(Vol III: 861-864).
WWW Version.
WWW Version.
HTML Version. 0009Motion of the regions. BibRef

Mech, R.,
Robust 2D Shape Estimation of Moving Objects Considering Spatial and Temporal Coherency in One MAP Detection Rule,
ICIP00(Vol I: 331-334).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0008 BibRef

Reynard, D., Blake, A., Azzawi, A., Styles, P., Radda, G.K.,
Computer Tracking of Tagged H MR Images for Motion Analysis,
CVRMed95(XX-YY) BibRef 9500

Reynard, D., Wildenberg, A., Blake, A., Marchant, J.,
Learning Dynamics of Complex Motions from Image Sequences,
ECCV96(I:357-368).
WWW Version. BibRef 9600

Kervrann, C., Heitz, F.,
Robust tracking of stochastic deformable models in long image sequences,
ICIP94(III: 88-92).
WWW Version. 9411 BibRef

Chapter on 2-D Region Segmentation Techniques, Snakes, Active Contours continues in
Snakes, Matching Deformable Contours .