3D medial axis point approximation using nearest neighbors and the normal field

Visual Computer

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-19

  Ma, Jaehwan ^a   Bae, Sang Won ^b   Choi, Sunghee ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Kyouggi University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

GPU; Medial axis; Nearest neighbor

Indexed keywords

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH;

ITERATION PROCESS; LOCAL FEATURE SIZE; MEDIAL AXIS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR QUERIES; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; NORMAL VECTOR; PARALLEL COMPUTATION; SAMPLING DENSITIES;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 85027957356     PISSN: 01782789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00371-011-0594-7     Document Type: Article

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