Neural Geometry Image-Based Representations with Optimal Transport (OT)

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Main Authors: Gao, Xiang, Liu, Yuanpeng, Wang, Xinmu, Li, Jiazhi, Guo, Minghao, Guo, Yu, Song, Xiyun, Yu, Heather, Lao, Zhiqiang, Gu, Xianfeng David
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author Gao, Xiang
Liu, Yuanpeng
Wang, Xinmu
Li, Jiazhi
Guo, Minghao
Guo, Yu
Song, Xiyun
Yu, Heather
Lao, Zhiqiang
Gu, Xianfeng David
author_facet Gao, Xiang
Liu, Yuanpeng
Wang, Xinmu
Li, Jiazhi
Guo, Minghao
Guo, Yu
Song, Xiyun
Yu, Heather
Lao, Zhiqiang
Gu, Xianfeng David
contents Neural representations for 3D meshes are emerging as an effective solution for compact storage and efficient processing. Existing methods often rely on neural overfitting, where a coarse mesh is stored and progressively refined through multiple decoder networks. While this can restore high-quality surfaces, it is computationally expensive due to successive decoding passes and the irregular structure of mesh data. In contrast, images have a regular structure that enables powerful super-resolution and restoration frameworks, but applying these advantages to meshes is difficult because their irregular connectivity demands complex encoder-decoder architectures. Our key insight is that a geometry image-based representation transforms irregular meshes into a regular image grid, making efficient image-based neural processing directly applicable. Building on this idea, we introduce our neural geometry image-based representation, which is decoder-free, storage-efficient, and naturally suited for neural processing. It stores a low-resolution geometry-image mipmap of the surface, from which high-quality meshes are restored in a single forward pass. To construct geometry images, we leverage Optimal Transport (OT), which resolves oversampling in flat regions and undersampling in feature-rich regions, and enables continuous levels of detail (LoD) through geometry-image mipmapping. Experimental results demonstrate state-of-the-art storage efficiency and restoration accuracy, measured by compression ratio (CR), Chamfer distance (CD), and Hausdorff distance (HD).
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spellingShingle Neural Geometry Image-Based Representations with Optimal Transport (OT)
Gao, Xiang
Liu, Yuanpeng
Wang, Xinmu
Li, Jiazhi
Guo, Minghao
Guo, Yu
Song, Xiyun
Yu, Heather
Lao, Zhiqiang
Gu, Xianfeng David
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Neural representations for 3D meshes are emerging as an effective solution for compact storage and efficient processing. Existing methods often rely on neural overfitting, where a coarse mesh is stored and progressively refined through multiple decoder networks. While this can restore high-quality surfaces, it is computationally expensive due to successive decoding passes and the irregular structure of mesh data. In contrast, images have a regular structure that enables powerful super-resolution and restoration frameworks, but applying these advantages to meshes is difficult because their irregular connectivity demands complex encoder-decoder architectures. Our key insight is that a geometry image-based representation transforms irregular meshes into a regular image grid, making efficient image-based neural processing directly applicable. Building on this idea, we introduce our neural geometry image-based representation, which is decoder-free, storage-efficient, and naturally suited for neural processing. It stores a low-resolution geometry-image mipmap of the surface, from which high-quality meshes are restored in a single forward pass. To construct geometry images, we leverage Optimal Transport (OT), which resolves oversampling in flat regions and undersampling in feature-rich regions, and enables continuous levels of detail (LoD) through geometry-image mipmapping. Experimental results demonstrate state-of-the-art storage efficiency and restoration accuracy, measured by compression ratio (CR), Chamfer distance (CD), and Hausdorff distance (HD).
title Neural Geometry Image-Based Representations with Optimal Transport (OT)
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.18679