Integrating tracking with fine object segmentation

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Highlights:

• A novel method for joint tracking and fine object segmentation in videos

• Efficient integration of EM-based tracking and Random Walker-based image segmentation

• No strong constraints are imposed on the target appearance or the camera motion.

• Experimental evaluation against a large collection of state-of-the-art methods

• Explicit and efficient fine object segmentation facilitates drift-free tracking.

摘要

•A novel method for joint tracking and fine object segmentation in videos•Efficient integration of EM-based tracking and Random Walker-based image segmentation•No strong constraints are imposed on the target appearance or the camera motion.•Experimental evaluation against a large collection of state-of-the-art methods•Explicit and efficient fine object segmentation facilitates drift-free tracking.

论文关键词:Kernel-based object tracking,Video-based object segmentation,Tracking by segmentation,Bayesian Inference,Data fusion,Expectation Maximization,Random Walker

论文评审过程:Received 7 December 2012, Revised 10 June 2013, Accepted 18 July 2013, Available online 7 August 2013.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imavis.2013.07.008