Fundamentals of non-local total variation spectral theory

Jean François Aujol, Guy Gilboa, Nicolas Papadakis

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Abstract

Eigenvalue analysis based on linear operators has been extensively used in signal and image processing to solve a variety of problems such as segmentation, dimensionality reduction and more. Recently, nonlinear spectral approaches, based on the total variation functional have been proposed. In this context, functions for which the nonlinear eigenvalue problem λu ∈ ∂J(u) admits solutions, are studied. When u is the characteristic function of a set A, then it is called a calibrable set. If λ > 0 is a solution of the above problem, then 1/λ can be interpreted as the scale of A. However, this notion of scale remains local, and it may not be adapted for non-local features. For this we introduce in this paper the definition of non-local scale related to the non-local total variation functional. In particular, we investigate sets that evolve with constant speed under the non-local total variation flow. We prove that non-local calibrable sets have this property. We propose an onion peel construction to build such sets. We eventually confirm our mathematical analysis with some simple numerical experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationScale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision - 5th International Conference, SSVM 2015, Proceedings
EditorsMila Nikolova, Jean-François Aujol, Nicolas Papadakis
Pages66-77
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9783319184609
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event5th International Conference on Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, SSVM 2015 - Lege-Cap Ferret, France
Duration: 31 May 20154 Jun 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9087

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, SSVM 2015
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityLege-Cap Ferret
Period31/05/154/06/15

Keywords

  • Calibrable sets
  • Non-local
  • Nonlinear eigenvalue problem
  • Scale
  • Total variation

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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