A comprehensive survey on deformable model is presented from three aspects including geometry representation,image potential and optimization method,and its application on medical image,face feature and aerial image is also given.

• 从几何表达,图像势能及优化方法三个方面对基于可变形模型的轮廓提取的理论研究及进展进行了综述,并介绍了其在医学图像、脸部特征以及航空影像等方面的应用研究。