Combined Segmentation and Tracking of Overlapping Objects With Feedback

In this paper we present a new adaptive technique for segmenting a sequence of images and tracking the moving objects contained therein. The algorithm is illustrated on a biomedical problem, namely, the tracking of a group of fibroblast (tissue) cells whose motion is induced by an external electric field, using phase contrast micrographs. Because of their proximity to one another and their motion characteristics, in addition to the nature of …