11th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (PG'03)
From a Closed Piecewise Geodesic to a Constriction on a Closed Triangulated Surface
Canmore, Canada
October 08-October 10
ISBN: 0-7695-2028-6
Constrictions on a surface are defined as simple closed curves whose length is locally minimal. In particular, constrictions are periodic geodesics. We use constrictions in order to segment objects. In [4], we proposed an approach based on progressive surface simplification and local geodesic computation. The drawback of this approach is that constrictions are approximated by closed piecewise geodesics which are not necessarily periodic geodesics. In this paper, we compute constrictions starting from the closed piecewise geodesics previously computed and moving them on the surface. We compare the location of the initial closed piecewise geodesics to the location of the constrictions. Finally, we define and compute different types of constrictions on a surface.
Index Terms:
segmentation, triangulated surface, constriction, geodesic, pivot vertex
Citation:
Franck Hétroy, Dominique Attali, "From a Closed Piecewise Geodesic to a Constriction on a Closed Triangulated Surface," pg, pp.394, 11th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (PG'03), 2003