@article{231ef05a6d9e4c7e852008b3cc70b9e2,
title = "Topology repair of solid models using skeletons",
abstract = "We present a method for repairing topological errors on solid models in the form of small surface handles, which often arise from surface reconstruction algorithms. We utilize a skeleton representation that offers a new mechanism for identifying and measuring handles. Our method presents two unique advantages over previous approaches. First, handle removal Is guaranteed not to Introduce invalid geometry or additional handles. Second, by using an adaptive grid structure, our method Is capable of processing huge models efficiently at high resolutions.",
keywords = "Octree, Skeleton, Thinning, Topology repair",
author = "Zhou, \{Qian Yi\} and Tao Ju and Hu, \{Shi Min\}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the Stanford University Computer Graphics Laboratory for providing the scanned models (Buddha, Dragon, and David) and Cindy Grimm for providing the Tree and Spiderweb models. They would also like to thank Cindy Grimm and Rachel Roberts for their helpful discussions and the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. This work was partly supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Project 2006CB303106), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Projects 60673004, 60333010, and 60225016), and the Basic Research Foundation of the Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology.",
year = "2007",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1109/TVCG.2007.1015",
language = "English",
volume = "13",
pages = "675--685",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics",
issn = "1077-2626",
number = "4",
}