Curve-Skeleton Properties, Applications, and Algorithms

Curve-skeletons are thinned 1D representations of 3D objects useful for many visualization tasks including virtual navigation, reduced-model formulation, visualization improvement, animation, etc. There are many algorithms in the literature describing extraction methodologies for different applicati...

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Published inIEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 530 - 548
Main Authors Cornea, Nicu D., Silver, Deborah, Min, Patrick
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States IEEE 01.05.2007
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Algorithms
Animation
Computational modeling
Extraction
Navigation
Representations
Tasks
Taxonomy
Three dimensional
Three-dimensional displays
Visualization
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Summary:Curve-skeletons are thinned 1D representations of 3D objects useful for many visualization tasks including virtual navigation, reduced-model formulation, visualization improvement, animation, etc. There are many algorithms in the literature describing extraction methodologies for different applications; however, it is unclear how general and robust they are. In this paper, we provide an overview of many curve-skeleton applications and compile a set of desired properties of such representations. We also give a taxonomy of methods and analyze the advantages and drawbacks of each class of algorithms.
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ISSN:1077-2626
1941-0506
DOI:10.1109/TVCG.2007.1002