Abstract

We describea n a26`('9b method for buildingoptima 3D sta22j9b'2 sha e models from sets oftraj'Hj sha es. Althoughsha e models showconsideraj- promisea a bami for segmentingan interpreting imainga ma jordra wba k of theae9`2j h is the need toestaH-69 a dense correspondenceadenc a trance9 set ofexa')( sha es. It is importa t to esta)`9b the correct correspondence, otherwise poor models ca result. In 2D, thisca be a hieved usingma ua `la9`'-H`9b but in 3D this becomesimpra2`-269 We show it is possible toesta6jH9 correspondences automatically, byca6)22 the correspondence problema one of finding the`optima) paima)9b`2'2)9 of ea hsha e in thetra'-22 set. We describea n explicit representares ofsurfa6 paa6(9b`j"`9a tha ensures the resulting correspondencesad legac ag show how this representaen9ca bemaH('9b2)j to minimise thed933J29-2 length of the tra'H22 set using the model. This results incompaH models with good generab2(-'H9 properties. Resultsas reported for two sets ofbiomedica sha es, showingsignifica t improvement in model propertiescompa9' to thoseobta9j) usinga uniform surfam paam92))559b2'6 1

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