简介:Inthispaper,weproposeanovelautomaticobjectextractionalgorithm,namedtheTemplateGuidedLiveWire,basedonthepopularlyusedlivewiretechniques.Wediscussindetailsthenovelmethod'sapplicationsontongueextractionindigitalimages.Withtheguidesofagiventemplatecurvewhichapproximatesthetongue'sshape,ourmethodcanfinishtheextractionoftonguewithoutanyhumanintervention.Inthepaper,wealsodiscussedindetailshowthetemplateguidesthelivewire,andwhyourmethodfunctionsmoreeffectivelythanotherboundarybasedsegmentationmethodsespeciallythesnakealgorithm.Experimentalresultsonsometongueimagesareaswellprovidedtoshowourmethod'sbetteraccuracyandrobustnessthanthesnakealgorithm.