A proof of equivalence between level lines shortening and curvature motion in image processing

In this paper we define the continuous Level Lines Shortening evolution of a twodimensional image as the curve shortening operator acting simultaneously and independently on all the level lines of the initial data, and we show that it computes a viscosity solution for the mean curvature motion. This provides an exact analytical framework for its numerical implementation, which runs on line on any image at http://www.ipol.im. Analogous results hold for its affine variant version, the Level Lines Affine Shortening. © 2013 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.