Topology-adaptive modeling of objects using surface evolutions based on 3D mathematical morphology
✍ Scribed by Kenji Hara; Hongbin Zha; Tsutomu Hasegawa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 280 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0882-1666
- DOI
- 10.1002/scj.1152
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Level set methods were proposed mainly by mathematicians for constructing a model of a 3D object of arbitrary topology. However, those methods are computationally inefficient due to repeated distance transformations and increased dimensions. In the paper, we propose a new method of modeling fast objects of arbitrary topology by using a surface evolution approach based on mathematical morphology. Given sensor data covering the whole object surface, the method begins with an initial approximation of the object by evolving a closed surface into a model topologically equivalent to the real object. The refined approximation is then performed using energy minimization. The method has been applied in several experiments using range data, and the results are reported in the paper. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Syst Comp Jpn, 33(9): 58–67, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/scj.1152