====== Contraction-based Curve skeletonization of 3D Meshes ======
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==== Facts ====

^ Type           | master project  |
^ Place          | internal        |
^ Supervisor     | Andrei Jalba |
^ Student        | Haluk Can Yasan        |
^ Thesis         | [[http://alexandria.tue.nl/extra1/afstversl/wsk-i/yasan2012.pdf|download]]      |
^ start/end date |   9/2012             |

==== Abstract ====
In this thesis, we present a framework for extracting high-quality curve skeletons from
3D meshes. For this, we propose one novel method and two others that are improved
versions of two state-of-the-art methods. In our main method we utilize surface skeletons
as an intermediate stage and investigate if this addition improves the quality of the final
curve skeletons. For judging their quality, we build a set of criteria, which is then used
to compare the results of relevant methods. Our framework extracts curve skeletons
which are more detailed, better sampled, smoother and (in most of the cases) better
centered. The extraction process is also insensitive to surface noise and small changes in
parameters. We also propose an idea for a novel application area for curve skeletons and
describe the current progress towards building this new framework and future plans.