Existence and uniqueness results for the Gradient Vector Flow and geodesic active contours mixed model

Abstract

This article deals with the so called GVF (Gradient Vector Flow) introduced by C. Xu, J.L. Prince . We give existence and uniqueness results for the front propagation flow for boundary extraction that was initiated by Paragios, Mellina-Gottardo et Ralmesh . The model combines the geodesic active contour flow and the GVF to determine the geometric flow. The motion equation is considered within a level set formulation to result an Hamilton-Jacobi equation.