Blake A., Isard M. Active contours

This book defines the state-of-the-art of contour-based object tracking algorithms. It is required reading for anyone interested in computer vision theory and in the design of working computer vision systems.
We have tried to present ideas about shape and motion in a way that will be readable not only by specialists, but also by those who are not regularly immersed in the ideas of machine vision. In particular we would hope that those with backgrounds in graphics or signal processing or neural computing would find the book a useful and accessible guide.