Dynamic Level Sets for Visual Tracking

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis would not have been possible without the help and support of many extraordinary people. I am indebted to all of them. I wish to thank my advisor Allen Tannenbaum for his support, guidance, and his joyfulness, making it a pleasure to work with him and in his lab. I feel very indebted to Larry Jacobs, for his genuine support, interest and friendship, especially throughout some overcast days. My thanks go out to my friends and colleagues Rathi, and Oleg Michailovich without whom writing this thesis would not have been possible. Many thanks also go to Konstantin Mischaikow, Bill Kalies and Sigurd Angenent for very helpful discussions, support and for being a pleasure to work with. Special thanks go to Irene, for continuous support, love, and happiness. Last but not least, I wish to thank my parents, to whom this thesis is dedicated, for years of unconditional love and support, and my sister who all have contributed in their own ways to the successful completion of this thesis. This would not have been possible without you – thanks. Figure 1 Propagation of the parameterization for parameterized curve evolution. .