“…Although several retargeting methods have been developed, such as mesh-deformation-based techniques [4][5][6] and some combinations of multiple methods [7], seam carving still remains an effective tool due to the simplicity and the scalability. Seam carving has expanded in applications, such as for video sequences [8], stereo images [9], image compression [10,11], tamper detection [12,13], and particular images having high image detail concentration [14].…”