title: Topologically faithful fitting of simple closed curves.
abstract: Implicit representations of curves have certain advantages over explicit representation, one of them being the ability to determine with ease whether a point is inside or outside the curve (inside-outside functions). However, save for some special cases, it is not known how to construct implicit representations which are guaranteed to preserve the curve's topology. As a result, points may be erroneously classified with respect to the curve. The paper offers to overcome this problem by using a representation which is guaranteed to yield the correct topology of a simple closed curve by using homeomorphic mappings of the plane to itself. If such a map carries the curve onto the unit circle, then a point is inside the curve if and only if its image is inside the unit circle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel. dkeren@cs.haifa.ac.il
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Keren
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013382:Subtraction Technique