Skeletonization. Theory, Methods and Applications

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Front Matter,Copyright,Contributors,About the Editors,PrefaceEntitled to full textPart 1: Theory and MethodsChapter 1 - Skeletonization and its applications – a review, Pages 3-42, Punam K. Saha, Gunilla Borgefors, Gabriella Sanniti di Baja
Chapter 2 - Multiscale 2D medial axes and 3D surface skeletons by the image foresting transform, Pages 43-70, Alexandre Falcão, Cong Feng, Jacek Kustra, Alexandru Telea
Chapter 3 - Fuzzy skeleton and skeleton by influence zones: a review, Pages 71-87, Isabelle Bloch
Chapter 4 - Unified part-patch segmentation of mesh shapes using surface skeletons, Pages 89-122, Joost Koehoorn, Cong Feng, Jacek Kustra, Andrei Jalba, Alexandru Telea
Chapter 5 - Improving the visual aspect of the skeleton and simplifying its structure, Pages 123-150, Gabriella Sanniti di Baja, Luca Serino
Chapter 6 - Curve skeletonization using minimum-cost path, Pages 151-180, Dakai Jin, Cheng Chen, Eric A. Hoffman, Punam K. Saha
Chapter 7 - Parallel skeletonization algorithms in the cubic grid based on critical kernels, Pages 181-209, Gilles Bertrand, Michel Couprie
Chapter 8 - Critical kernels, minimal nonsimple sets, and hereditarily simple sets in binary images on n-dimensional polytopal complexes, Pages 211-256, T.Y. Kong
Chapter 9 - Skeletonization in natural images and its application to object recognition, Pages 259-285, Wei Shen, Kai Zhao, Jiang Yuan, Yan Wang, Zhijiang Zhang, Xiang Bai
Chapter 10 - Characterization of trabecular bone plate–rod micro-architecture using skeletonization and digital topologic and geometric analysis, Pages 287-311, Punam K. Saha
Chapter 11 - Medial structure generation for registration of anatomical structures, Pages 313-344, Sergio Vera, Debora Gil, H.M. Kjer, Jens Fagertun, Rasmus R. Paulsen, Miguel Á. González Ballester
Chapter 12 - Skeleton-based fast, fully automated generation of vessel tree structure for clinical evaluation of blood vessel systems, Pages 345-382, Kristína Lidayová, Hans Frimmel, Chunliang Wang, Ewert Bengtsson, Örjan Smedby
Index, Pages 383-392