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Abstract The recent introduction of 3D shape analysis frameworks able to quantify the deformation of a shape into another in terms of the variation of real functions yields a new interpretation of the 3D shape similarity assessment and opens new perspectives. Indeed, while the classical approaches to similarity mainly quantify it as a numerical score, map‐based methods also define (dense) shape correspondences. After presenting in detail the theoretical foundations underlying these approaches, we classify them by looking at their most salient features, including the kind of structure and invariance properties they capture, as well as the distances and the output modalities according to which the similarity between shapes is assessed and returned. We also review the usage of these methods in a number of 3D shape application domains, ranging from matching and retrieval to annotation and segmentation. Finally, the most promising directions for future research developments are discussed.

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Similarity (geometry)SalientComputer scienceShape analysis (program analysis)Matching (statistics)Artificial intelligenceSegmentationPattern recognition (psychology)MathematicsImage (mathematics)Statistics

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Year
2015
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article
Volume
35
Issue
6
Pages
87-119
Citations
127
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Silvia Biasotti, Andrea Cerri, Alex Bronstein et al. (2015). Recent Trends, Applications, and Perspectives in 3D Shape Similarity Assessment. Computer Graphics Forum , 35 (6) , 87-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12734

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10.1111/cgf.12734