Shape analysis in shape space

This study aims to classify different deformations based on the shape space concept. A shape space is a quotient space in which each point corresponds to a class of shapes. The shapes of each class are transformed to each other by a transformation group preserving a geometrical property in which we are interested. Therefore, each deformation is a curve on the high dimensional shape space manifold, and one can classify the deformations by comparison of their corresponding deformation curves in shape space. Towards this end, two classification methods are proposed. In the first method, a quasi conformal shape space is constructed based on a novel quasi-conformal metric, which preserves the curvature changes at each vertex during the deformation. Besides, a classification framework is introduced for deformation classification. The results on synthetic and real datasets show the effectiveness of the metric to estimate the intrinsic geometry of the shape space manifold, and its ability to classify and interpolate different deformations. In the second method, we introduce the medial surface shape space which classifies the deformations based on the medial surface and thickness of the shape. This shape space is based on the log map and uses two novel measures, average of the normal vectors and mean of the positions, to determine the distance between each pair of shapes on shape space. We applied these methods to classify the left ventricle deformations. The experimental results shows that the first method can remarkably classify the normal and abnormal subjects but this method cannot spot the location of the abnormality. In contrast, the second method can discriminate healthy subjects from patients with cardiomyopathy, and also can spot the abnormality on the left ventricle, which makes it a valuable assistant tool for diagnostic purposes

Numérisation 3D de visages par une approche de super-résolution spatio-temporelle non-rigide

La mesure de la forme 3D du visage est une problématique qui attire de plus en plus de chercheurs et qui trouve son application dans des domaines divers tels que la biométrie, l animation et la chirurgie faciale. Les solutions actuelles sont souvent basées sur des systèmes projecteur/caméra et utilisent de la lumière structurée pour compenser l insuffisance de la texture faciale. L information 3D est ensuite calculée en décodant la distorsion des patrons projetés sur le visage. Une des techniques les plus utilisées de la lumière structurée est la codification sinusoïdale par décalage de phase qui permet une numérisation 3D de résolution pixélique. Cette technique exige une étape de déroulement de phase, sensible à l éclairage ambiant surtout quand le nombre de patrons projetés est limité. En plus, la projection de plusieurs patrons impacte le délai de numérisation et peut générer des artefacts surtout pour la capture d un visage en mouvement. Une alternative aux approches projecteur-caméra consiste à estimer l information 3D par appariement stéréo suivi par une triangulation optique. Cependant, le modèle calculé par cette technique est généralement non-dense et manque de précision. Des travaux récents proposent la super-résolution pour densifier et débruiter les images de profondeur. La super-résolution a été particulièrement proposée pour les caméras 3D TOF (Time-Of-Flight) qui fournissent des scans 3D très bruités. Ce travail de thèse propose une solution de numérisation 3D à faible coût avec un schéma de super-résolution spatio-temporelle. Elle utilise un système multi-caméra étalonné assisté par une source de projection non-étalonnée. Elle est particulièrement adaptée à la reconstruction 3D de visages, i.e. rapide et mobile. La solution proposée est une approche hybride qui associe la stéréovision et la codification sinusoïdale par décalage de phase, et qui non seulement profite de leurs avantages mais qui surmonte leurs faiblesses. Le schéma de la super-résolution proposé permet de corriger l information 3D, de compléter la vue scannée du visage en traitant son aspect déformable.3D face measurement is increasingly demanded for many applications such as bio-metrics, animation and facial surgery. Current solutions often employ a structured light camera/projector device to overcome the relatively uniform appearance of skin. Depth in-formation is recovered by decoding patterns of the projected structured light. One of the most widely used structured-light coding is sinusoidal phase shifting which allows a 3Ddense resolution. Current solutions mostly utilize more than three phase-shifted sinusoidal patterns to recover the depth information, thus impacting the acquisition delay. They further require projector-camera calibration whose accuracy is crucial for phase to depth estimation step. Also, they need an unwrapping stage which is sensitive to ambient light, especially when the number of patterns decreases. An alternative to projector-camera systems consists of recovering depth information by stereovision using a multi-camera system. A stereo matching step finds correspondence between stereo images and the 3D information is obtained by optical triangulation. However, the model computed in this way generally is quite sparse. To up sample and denoise depth images, researchers looked into super-resolution techniques. Super-resolution was especially proposed for time-of-flight cameras which have very low data quality and a very high random noise. This thesis proposes a3D acquisition solution with a 3D space-time non-rigid super-resolution capability, using a calibrated multi-camera system coupled with a non calibrated projector device, which is particularly suited to 3D face scanning, i.e. rapid and easily movable. The proposed solution is a hybrid stereovision and phase-shifting approach, using two shifted patterns and a texture image, which not only takes advantage of the assets of stereovision and structured light but also overcomes their weaknesses. The super-resolution scheme involves a 3D non-rigid registration for 3D artifacts correction in the presence of small non-rigid deformations as facial expressions.LYON-Ecole Centrale (690812301) / SudocSudocFranceF

Surface Classification Using Conformal Structures

D surface classification is a fundamental problem in computer vision and computational geometry. Surfaces can be classified by different transformation groups. Traditional classification methods mainly use topological transformation groups and Euclidean transformation groups. This paper introduces a novel method to classify surfaces by conformal transformation groups. Conformal equivalent class is refiner than topological equivalent class and coarser than isometric equivalent class, making it suitable for practical classification purposes. For general surfaces, the gradient fields of conformal maps form a vector space, which has a natural structure invariant under conformal transformations. We present an algorithm to compute this conformal structure, which can be represented as matrices, and use it to classify surfaces. The result is intrinsic to the geometry, invariant to triangulation and insensitive to resolution. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to classify surfaces with arbitrary topologies by global conformal invariants. The method introduced here can also be used for surface matching problems