@inproceedings{ea4f9c8a3e384cde8b82d75d8b39dbc3,
title = "Convergence behavior of the active mask segmentation algorithm",
abstract = "We study the convergence behavior of the ActiveMask (AM) framework, originally designed for segmenting punctate image patterns. AM combines the flexibility of traditional active contours, the statistical modeling power of region-growing methods, and the computational efficiency of multiscale and multiresolution methods. Additionally, it achieves experimental convergence to zero-change (fixedpoint) configurations, a desirable property for segmentation algorithms. At its a core lies a voting-based distributing function which behaves as a majority cellular automaton. This paper proposes an empirical measure correlated to the convergence behavior of AM, and provides sufficient theoretical conditions on the smoothing filter operator to enforce convergence.",
keywords = "Active mask, Cellular automata, Convergence, Segmentation",
author = "Balcan, {Doru C.} and Gowri Srinivasa and Matthew Fickus and Jelena Kova{\v c}evi{\'c}",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1109/ICASSP.2010.5495723",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781424442966",
series = "ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "453--456",
booktitle = "2010 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2010 - Proceedings",
note = "2010 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2010 ; Conference date: 14-03-2010 Through 19-03-2010",
}