Top down image segmentation using congealing and graph-cut

This paper develops a weakly supervised algorithm that learns to segment rigid multi-colored objects from a set of training images and key points. The approach uses congealing to learn a probabilistic spatial model of the multi-colored object class and graph-cut to separate the foreground from the background. The result is a novel approach which can segment heterogeneous objects, in contrast to other recent approaches which are better at segmenting uniform but possibly flexible objects.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ICPR
• Authors: Douglas Moore, John Stevens, Scott Lundberg, Bruce A. Draper
• Keywords: Computer Vision, ICPR 2008, Multi-colored Object, Multi-colored Object Class, Rigid Multi-colored Objects