A survey of topology‐based methods in visualization

C Heine, H Leitte, M Hlawitschka… - Computer Graphics …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents the state of the art in the area of topology‐based visualization. It
describes the process and results of an extensive annotation for generating a definition and …

Topology-based individual tree segmentation for automated processing of terrestrial laser scanning point clouds

X Xu, F Iuricich, K Calders, J Armston… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is a ground-based approach to rapidly acquire 3D point
clouds via Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technologies. Quantifying tree-scale …

Morse complexes for shape segmentation and homological analysis: discrete models and algorithms

L De Floriani, U Fugacci, F Iuricich… - Computer graphics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Morse theory offers a natural and mathematically‐sound tool for shape analysis and
understanding. It allows studying the behavior of a scalar function defined on a manifold …

Parallel Computation of Piecewise Linear Morse-Smale Segmentations

RGC Maack, J Lukasczyk, J Tierny… - … on Visualization and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a well-scaling parallel algorithm for the computation of Morse-Smale
(MS) segmentations, including the region separators and region boundaries. The …

ImplicitTerrain: a Continuous Surface Model for Terrain Data Analysis

H Feng, X Xu, L De Floriani - Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Digital terrain models (DTMs) are pivotal in remote sensing cartography and landscape
management requiring accurate surface representation and topological information …

Computing multiparameter persistent homology through a discrete Morse-based approach

S Scaramuccia, F Iuricich, L De Floriani… - Computational Geometry, 2020 - Elsevier
Persistent homology allows for tracking topological features, like loops, holes and their
higher-dimensional analogues, along a single-parameter family of nested shapes …

Topology-controlled reconstruction of multi-labelled domains from cross-sections

Z Huang, M Zou, N Carr, T Ju - ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 2017 - dl.acm.org
In this work we present the first algorithm for reconstructing multi-labeled material interfaces
the allows for explicit topology control. Our algorithm takes in a set of 2D cross-sectional …

Terrain trees: a framework for representing, analyzing and visualizing triangulated terrains

R Fellegara, F Iuricich, Y Song, LD Floriani - GeoInformatica, 2023 - Springer
We propose a family of spatial data structures for the representation and processing of
Triangulated Irregular Networks (TINs). We call such data structures Terrain trees. A Terrain …

The Stellar decomposition: A compact representation for simplicial complexes and beyond

R Fellegara, K Weiss, L De Floriani - Computers & Graphics, 2021 - Elsevier
We introduce the Stellar decomposition, a model for efficient topological data structures over
a broad range of simplicial and cell complexes. A Stellar decomposition of a complex is a …

Hierarchical forman triangulation: A multiscale model for scalar field analysis

F Iuricich, L De Floriani - Computers & Graphics, 2017 - Elsevier
We consider the problem of analyzing the topology of scalar fields defined on a triangulated
shape by using a multi-scale approach, which allows reducing storage costs and …