Robust Segmentation of Multiple Intersecting Manifolds from Unoriented Noisy Point Clouds

dc.contributor.authorKustra, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJalba, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTelea, A.en_US
dc.contributor.editorHolly Rushmeier and Oliver Deussenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-03T12:24:44Z
dc.date.available2015-03-03T12:24:44Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractWe present a method for extracting complex manifolds with an arbitrary number of (self‐) intersections from unoriented point clouds containing large amounts of noise. Manifolds are formed in a three‐step process. First, small flat neighbourhoods of all possible orientations are created around all points. Next, neighbourhoods are assembled into larger quasi‐flat patches, whose overlaps give the global connectivity structure of the point cloud. Finally, curved manifolds are extracted from the patch connectivity graph via a multiple‐source flood fill. The manifolds can be reconstructed into meshed surfaces using standard existing surface reconstruction methods. We demonstrate the speed and robustness of our method on several point clouds, with applications in point cloud segmentation, denoising and medial surface reconstruction.We present a method for extracting complex manifolds with an arbitrary number of (self) intersections from unoriented point clouds containing large amounts of noise. Manifolds are formed in a three step process. First, small flat neighborhoods of all possible orientations are created around all points. Next, neighborhoods are assembled into larger quasi‐flat patches, whose overlaps determine the global connectivity structure of the point cloud. Finally, curved manifolds, as well as their intersection curves, are extracted from the patch connectivity graph via a multiple‐source flood fill. The extracted manifolds can be straightforwardly reconstructed into polygonal surfaces using standard surface reconstruction methods.en_US
dc.description.number1
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forumen_US
dc.description.volume33
dc.identifier.issn1467-8659en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12255en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Association and John Wiley and Sons Ltd.en_US
dc.titleRobust Segmentation of Multiple Intersecting Manifolds from Unoriented Noisy Point Cloudsen_US
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