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Region-Based Variational Problems and Normal Alignment – Geometric Interpretation of Descent PDEs

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  1. Applied Mathematics Group, School of Technology and Society, Malmü University, Sweden

    Jan Erik Solem

  2. Applied Mathematics Group, School of Technology and Society, Malmü University, Sweden

    Niels Chr. Overgaard

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Johannes Brunsgate 12, N-5008, Bergen, Norway

    Xue-Cheng Tai

  2. Dept. Applied Math., SINTEF ICT, Blindern, 124, N-0314, Oslo, Norway

    Knut-Andreas Lie

  3. Assistant Director for Math & Physical Sciences Directorate, The National Science Foundation, 4201, Arlington, Virginia, USA

    Tony F. Chan

  4. Department of Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles, Portola Plaza, 520, CA 90095, Los Angeles, USA

    Stanley Osher

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Solem, J.E., Overgaard, N.C. (2007). Region-Based Variational Problems and Normal Alignment – Geometric Interpretation of Descent PDEs. In: Tai, XC., Lie, KA., Chan, T.F., Osher, S. (eds) Image Processing Based on Partial Differential Equations. Mathematics and Visualization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33267-1_13

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