Testbed for the comparison of parametric surface methods

Michael J. Lounsbery; Charles Loop; Stephen Mann; David Meyers; James Painter; Anthony D. DeRose; Kenneth R. Sloan Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.19765

1 August 1990 Testbed for the comparison of parametric surface methods

Michael J. Lounsbery, Charles Loop, Stephen Mann, David Meyers, James Painter, Anthony D. DeRose, Kenneth R. Sloan Jr.

Proceedings Volume 1251, Curves and Surfaces in Computer Vision and Graphics; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19765
Event: Electronic Imaging: Advanced Devices and Systems, 1990, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

There are currently a number of methods for solving variants of the following problem: Given a triangulated polyhedron P in three-space with or without boundary, construct a smooth surface that interpolates the vertices of P. Problems of this variety arise in numerous areas of application such as medical imaging, scattered data fitting, and geometric modeling. In general, while the techniques satisfy the continuity and interpolation requirements of the problem, they often fail to produce pleasing shapes. Our interest in studying this problem has necessitated the construction of a flexible software testbed that allows rapid implementation and testing of new surface fitting methods and analysis techniques. The testbed is written entirely in the C programming language and is highly portable. Other relevant features of the testbed are discussed, and recommendations for improving the shape characteristics of several interpolation methods are given.

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Michael J. Lounsbery, Charles Loop, Stephen Mann, David Meyers, James Painter, Anthony D. DeRose, and Kenneth R. Sloan Jr. "Testbed for the comparison of parametric surface methods", Proc. SPIE 1251, Curves and Surfaces in Computer Vision and Graphics, (1 August 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19765

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