Skeletons can be viewed as a compact shape representation in that each shape can be
completely reconstructed from its skeleton. However, the usefulness of a skeletal …

Skeleton can be viewed as a compact shape representation in that the shape can be
completely reconstructed form the skeleton. We present a novel method for skeleton pruning …

We present a new shape skeleton pruning algorithm based on contour approximation and
the integer medial axis. The algorithm effectively removes unwanted branches, conserves …

A skeleton is a centered geometric representation of a shape that describes the shape in a
simple and intuitive way, typically reducing the dimension by at least one. Skeletons are …

Skeletons are important shape descriptors in object representation and recognition.
Typically, skeletons of volumetric models are computed using iterative thinning. However …

The skeleton of a continuous shape can be approximated from the Voronoi diagram of
points sampled along the shape boundary. To bound the error of this approximation, one …

Object skeleton is a useful geometric tool for shape analysis tasks. It encodes the topological
structure of the primitive shape and preserves a geometric cue as well. Skeletonization is a …

Shape decomposition and skeletonization share many common properties and applications.
However, they are generally treated as independent computations. In this paper, we …

Skeletal representations of shape have attracted enormous interest ever since their
introduction by Blum [Blum H (1973) J Theor Biol 38: 205–287], because of their potential to …

We propose a novel significance measure for skeleton pruning, called bending potential
ratio (BPR), in which the decision regarding whether a skeletal branch should be pruned or …