Spherical Density-Equalizing Map for Genus-0 Closed Surfaces

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Main Authors: Lyu, Zhiyuan, Lui, Lok Ming, Choi, Gary P. T.
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Published: 2024
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author Lyu, Zhiyuan
Lui, Lok Ming
Choi, Gary P. T.
author_facet Lyu, Zhiyuan
Lui, Lok Ming
Choi, Gary P. T.
contents Density-equalizing maps are a class of mapping methods in which the shape deformation is driven by prescribed density information. In recent years, they have been widely used for data visualization on planar domains and planar parameterization of open surfaces. However, the theory and computation of density-equalizing maps for closed surfaces are much less explored. In this work, we develop a novel method for computing spherical density-equalizing maps for genus-0 closed surfaces. Specifically, we first compute a conformal parameterization of the given genus-0 closed surface onto the unit sphere. Then, we perform density equalization on the spherical domain based on the given density information to achieve a spherical density-equalizing map. The bijectivity of the mapping is guaranteed using quasi-conformal theory. We further propose a method for incorporating the harmonic energy and landmark constraints into our formulation to achieve landmark-aligned spherical density-equalizing maps balancing different distortion measures. Using the proposed methods, a large variety of spherical parameterizations can be achieved. Applications to surface registration, remeshing, and data visualization are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of our methods.
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spellingShingle Spherical Density-Equalizing Map for Genus-0 Closed Surfaces
Lyu, Zhiyuan
Lui, Lok Ming
Choi, Gary P. T.
Graphics
Computational Geometry
Numerical Analysis
Differential Geometry
Density-equalizing maps are a class of mapping methods in which the shape deformation is driven by prescribed density information. In recent years, they have been widely used for data visualization on planar domains and planar parameterization of open surfaces. However, the theory and computation of density-equalizing maps for closed surfaces are much less explored. In this work, we develop a novel method for computing spherical density-equalizing maps for genus-0 closed surfaces. Specifically, we first compute a conformal parameterization of the given genus-0 closed surface onto the unit sphere. Then, we perform density equalization on the spherical domain based on the given density information to achieve a spherical density-equalizing map. The bijectivity of the mapping is guaranteed using quasi-conformal theory. We further propose a method for incorporating the harmonic energy and landmark constraints into our formulation to achieve landmark-aligned spherical density-equalizing maps balancing different distortion measures. Using the proposed methods, a large variety of spherical parameterizations can be achieved. Applications to surface registration, remeshing, and data visualization are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of our methods.
title Spherical Density-Equalizing Map for Genus-0 Closed Surfaces
topic Graphics
Computational Geometry
Numerical Analysis
Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.11795