Feeding the Hermite Snake
Virginie Uhlmann, LIB | STI | EPFL

Seminar • 01 December 2014 • BIG 4.235

Abstract
After wandering for some times in the world of steerable wavelets, we moved to the spline universe and developed the Hermite snake. This active contour model benefits from a variety of interesting properties that will be recalled, the most important one being its ability to generate non-smooth curves. (Extremely) recently, we proposed a novel approach making use of this capability to increase the robustness of automated segmentation. The method relies on automatically detected features, and therefore opens the possibility for a connection with our previous works on keypoints. The presentation aims at describing our recent work in the light of a PhD student's non-smooth thesis timeline. We will present preliminary results using our method, and describe our future goals. Spoiler: everyone is happy at the end. To be consistent with the title of the presentation, croissants will be provided.