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Some Recent Developments in Variational Image Segmentation

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Johannes Brunsgate 12, N-5008, Bergen, Norway

    Xue-Cheng Tai

  2. Dept. Applied Math., SINTEF ICT, Blindern, 124, N-0314, Oslo, Norway

    Knut-Andreas Lie

  3. Assistant Director for Math & Physical Sciences Directorate, The National Science Foundation, 4201, Arlington, Virginia, USA

    Tony F. Chan

  4. Department of Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles, Portola Plaza, 520, CA 90095, Los Angeles, USA

    Stanley Osher

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Chan, T.F., Moelich, M., Sandberg, B. (2007). Some Recent Developments in Variational Image Segmentation. In: Tai, XC., Lie, KA., Chan, T.F., Osher, S. (eds) Image Processing Based on Partial Differential Equations. Mathematics and Visualization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33267-1_11

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