Computational aspects of the crop field segmentation problem based on anisotropic active contour model

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the numerical aspects of the practical implementation of the generalized active contour model, that has been recently proposed in the literature, for extracting agricultural crop fields with a high level of inhomogeneity from satellite data. We also derive the corresponding Euler-Lagrange equation and discuss its relaxation method.

Keywords

Segmentation problem / Piecewise smooth approximation / Optimality conditions / Active contour model / Euler-Lagrange equation

Funding

None.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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