Title :
A topological framework for advancing front triangulation
Author :
Medeiros, Esdras ; Velho, Luiz ; Lopes, Hélio
Author_Institution :
Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
We study advancing front methods for surface reconstruction. We propose a topological framework based on handlebody theory to implement such methods in a simple and robust way. As an example of the application of this framework we show an implementation of the Ball-Pivoting algorithm.
Keywords :
curve fitting; image reconstruction; mesh generation; surface fitting; Ball-Pivoting algorithm; advancing front triangulation; piecewise linear curves; surface reconstruction; Application software; Computer graphics; Iterative algorithms; Photography; Reconstruction algorithms; Robustness; Solid modeling; Space technology; Surface reconstruction; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 2003. SIBGRAPI 2003. XVI Brazilian Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2032-4
DOI :
10.1109/SIBGRA.2003.1240990
