Beta-spline Surface Fitting to Multi-slice Images

Beta-spline is built on G2 continuity which guarantees smoothness of generated curves and surfaces using it. This curve is preferred to be used in object design rather than reconstruction. This study however, employs the Beta-spline in reconstructing a 3- dimensional G2 image of the Stanford Rabbit. The original data consists of multi-slice binary images of the rabbit. The result is then compared with related works using other techniques.

Authors:

• Normi Abdul Hadi
• Arsmah Ibrahim
• Fatimah Yahya
• Jamaludin Md. Ali

Keywords:

• Beta-spline
• multi-slice image
• rectangular surface
• 3D reconstruction

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