Snake : Active Contour

Snake Segmentation (Kass et al), 2D/3D including GVF and balloon force (Easy to read code)

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Dirk-Jan Kroon (2026). Snake : Active Contour (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28149-snake-active-contour), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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  • Compatible with any release

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Version Published Release Notes Action
1.7.0

3D snake now uses the inverse internal forces matrix

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1.6.0

Small, Interpolate Bug Fix

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1.5.0

Yuanming Suo reported bugs in scaling of 3D Gaussian and Mu*4. Which are corrected in this version.

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1.4.0

Solved 3D GVF bug, and increased 3D speed.

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1.3.0

Added parameter to keep the mesh from self-intersecting

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1.2.0

Also added a 3D implementation. Change line image force, to Gaussian smoothed line image force.

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1.1.0

Added GVF. Changed some minor comment

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1.0.0

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