The vast user-provided image tags on the popular photo sharing websites may greatly facilitate image retrieval and management. However, these tags are often imprecise and/or incom...
Computer users with visual impairment cannot access the rich graphical contents in print or digital media unless relying on visual-to-tactile conversion, which is done primarily b...
We present a new object segmentation method that is based on geodesic active contours with combined shape and appearance priors. It is known that using shape priors can significan...
Anatomical objects often have complex and varying image appearance at different portions of the boundary; and it is frequently a challenge even to select appropriate scales at whic...
We present a new shape prior segmentation method using graph cuts capable of segmenting multiple objects. The shape prior energy is based on a shape distance popular with level se...