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A Parametric Active Polygon for Leaf Segmentation and Shape Estimation

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Advances in Visual Computing (ISVC 2011)

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In this paper we present a system for tree leaf segmentation in natural images that combines a first, unrefined segmentation step, with an estimation of descriptors depicting the general shape of a simple leaf. It is based on a light polygonal model, built to represent most of the leaf shapes, that will be deformed to fit the leaf in the image. Avoiding some classic obstacles of active contour models, this approach gives promising results, even on complex natural photographs, and constitutes a solid basis for a leaf recognition process.

This work has been supported by the French National Agency for Research with the reference ANR-10-CORD-005 (REVES project).

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  1. Université de Lyon, CNRS, France

    Guillaume Cerutti & Laure Tougne

  2. Université Lyon 2, LIRIS, UMR5205, F-69676, France

    Guillaume Cerutti & Laure Tougne

  3. Université d’Auvergne, ISIT, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Antoine Vacavant

  4. LISTIC, Domaine Universitaire, F-74944, Annecy le Vieux, France

    Didier Coquin

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  11. Polytechnic Institute of NYU, 11201, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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Cerutti, G., Tougne, L., Vacavant, A., Coquin, D. (2011). A Parametric Active Polygon for Leaf Segmentation and Shape Estimation. In: Bebis, G., et al. Advances in Visual Computing. ISVC 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6938. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24028-7_19

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