Topology-Aware Surface Reconstruction for Point Clouds

29 Nov 2018  ·  Rickard Brüel-Gabrielsson, Vignesh Ganapathi-Subramanian, Primoz Skraba, Leonidas J. Guibas ·

We present an approach to inform the reconstruction of a surface from a point scan through topological priors. The reconstruction is based on basis functions which are optimized to provide a good fit to the point scan while satisfying predefined topological constraints. We optimize the parameters of a model to obtain likelihood function over the reconstruction domain. The topological constraints are captured by persistence diagrams which are incorporated in the optimization algorithm promote the correct topology. The result is a novel topology-aware technique which can: 1.) weed out topological noise from point scans, and 2.) capture certain nuanced properties of the underlying shape which could otherwise be lost while performing surface reconstruction. We showcase results reconstructing shapes with multiple potential topologies, compare to other classical surface construction techniques, and show the completion of real scan data.

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