Object-space multiphase implicit functions
Zhan Yuan, Yizhou Yu, Wenping Wang
In ACM Transactions on Graphics, 31(4), July 2012.
Abstract: Implicit functions have a wide range of applications in entertainment, engineering and medical imaging. A standard two-phase implicit function only represents the interior and exterior of a single object. To facilitate solid modeling of heterogeneous objects with multiple internal regions, object-space multiphase implicit functions are much desired. Multiphase implicit functions have much potential in modeling natural organisms, heterogeneous mechanical parts and anatomical atlases. In this paper, we introduce a novel class of object-space multiphase implicit functions that are capable of accurately and compactly representing objects with multiple internal regions. Our proposed multiphase implicit functions facilitate true object-space geometric modeling of heterogeneous objects with non-manifold features. We present multiple methods to create object-space multiphase implicit functions from existing data, including meshes and segmented medical images. Our algorithms are inspired by machine learning algorithms for training multicategory max-margin classifiers. Comparisons demonstrate that our method achieves an error rate one order of magnitude smaller than alternative techniques.
Article URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2185520.2185610
BibTeX format:
@article{Yuan:2012:OMI,
  author = {Zhan Yuan and Yizhou Yu and Wenping Wang},
  title = {Object-space multiphase implicit functions},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics},
  volume = {31},
  number = {4},
  pages = {114:1--114:10},
  month = jul,
  year = {2012},
}
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