Mesh parameterization methods and their applications

Foundations and Trends in Computer Graphics and Vision

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-171

  Sheffer, Alla ^a   Praun, Emil ^b   Rose, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR MAPPINGS; MESH PARAMETERIZATION; TIME COMPLEXITY;

ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SPHERES; TERMINOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRIANGULATION;

PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 34248368909     PISSN: 15722740     EISSN: 15722759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0600000011     Document Type: Review

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