Method for Mapping Tubular Surfaces to a Cylinder

Publication Type:

Patent

Authors:

Toon Huysmans; Jan Sijbers

Source:

Number PCT/EP2010/057882 (2010)

URL:

https://www.google.com/patents/US8933932

Abstract:

The present invention relates to the field of cylindrical surface parameterization such as colon flattening. Methods are provided for parameterizing tubular surfaces onto a cylinder, wherein the length of said cylinder is modified so that parameterization distortion is reduced.

Files: 
PDF icon Initial Publication with ISR (A1 50/2010)
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Research area: 
Shape Modeling