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Active contours: Snakes

Continued discussion of image segmentation using active contour snakes

A continuation of our discussion of the use of snakes or active contours in model-based image segmentation.

This video looks in more detail at the snakes algorithm, in particular introducing the terms internal and external energy, and how these terms are traded off against one another depending on the circumstances.

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