3D Models Generation Course

Sviluppo di Modelli Computazionali 3D

(3D Models Generation)

Information

Lecturers: Dr. Francesco Banterle and Dr. Gianpaolo Palma
Official e-mail: sviluppodimodelli3d@gmail.com
Period: 2nd Term
Time:
- Wednesday: from 11:30 to 13:30; Room: SI3
- Thursday: from 10:30 to 13:30; Room: B25
Building: School of Engineering, University of Pisa

Abstract

This course introduces methods and techniques for generating 3D models from: medical images (CT, MRI, etc.), 2D photographs (structure-from-motion + densification), and depth images (e.g., 3D laser scanners, time-of-flight scanners, Microsoft Kinect, etc.).

Exams

14/06/2019 - Text and results
05/07/2019 - Text and results
26/07/2019 - Text and results
25/09/2019 - Text and results
22/11/2019 - Text and results
20/01/2020 - Text and results
07/02/2020 - Text and results

Lectures

Week 1

01/03/2019 - Introduction.
01/03/2019 - 3D Taxonomy.

Week 2

05/03/2019 - 3D Meshes.
06/03/2019 - Laboratory 1 text and code (updated).

Week 3

12/03/2019 - 3D from Volume: Part I.
13/03/2019 - 3D from Volume: Part II.

Week 4

19/03/2019 - Cancelled lecture.
20/03/2019 - Volume Segmentation using 3D Slicer.

Week 5

26/03/2019 - 3D from Volume: Part III.
27/03/2019 - Volume Segmentation using 3D Slicer.

Week 6

02/04/2019 - 3D from Photo: Part I.
03/04/2019 - Volume Segmentation using 3D Slicer.
04/04/2019 - 3D from Photo: Part II.

Week 7

10/04/2019 - Volume Segmentation using Slicer: Segmentation of a tooth/jaw of PreDentalSurgery volume from 3D Slicer sample data CBCTDentalSurgery.
11/04/2019 - 3D from Photo: Part II.

Week 8

17/04/2019 - Regard3D session using the " Multi-View datasets" (see below in the Datasets section). 18/04/2019 - Easter Break.

Week 9

24/04/2019 - Easter Break.
25/04/2019 - Bankholiday.

Week 10

01/05/2019 - May Day.
02/05/2019 - 3D from Photo: Part III.
02/05/2019 - 3D from Photo: Part IV.

Week 11

08/05/2019 - 3D from Range: Sensors.
09/05/2019 - 3D from Range: Optical Active.
09/05/2019 - 3D from Range: Surface Cleaning and Smoothing.

Week 12

15/05/2019 - 3D from Range: Surface Registration.
16/05/2019 - 3D from Range: Surface Reconstruction.

Week 13

22/05/2019 - 3D from Range: Meshlab Laboratory.
23/05/2019 - 3D from Range: Simplification.

Week 14

29/05/2019 - 3D from Range: Meshlab Laboratory.
30/05/2019 - 3D from Range: Visual Appearance and Color.

Past Years Webpages

2018.
2017.

Reference Books

Digital Image Processing for Medical Applications, a image processing book by Geoff Dougherty.
Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications, a computer vision book by Richard Szeliski.
Polygon Mesh Processing, a 3D mesh processing book by book by Mario Botsch, Leif Kobbelt, Mark Pauly, Pierre Alliez, Bruno Levy.
MATLAB primer, a gentle introduction to MATLAB.

Other Books

Image Processing in Radiology, a medical image processing book edited by Emanuele Neri, Davide Caramella, and Carlo Bartolozzi.

Software/Code

MeshLab, an open source 3D meshes editor.
MeshLab Latest Build for Windows10, an open source 3D meshes editor.
MeshLab Latest Build for Apple MacOS, an open source 3D meshes editor.
Slicer, an open source 3D software for visualization and medical image computing. Link to 3D Slicer 4.6.2. Several useful tutorials can be found on youtube:
VisualSFM, an open source software for 3D reconstruction from photographs. Note a complete package can be downloaded at this webpage.
Regard3D, an open source software for 3D reconstruction from photographs.
COLMAP, an open source software for 3D reconstruction from photographs.
Piccante, an open source software C++11 library for imaging.

Tutorials

Mister P.'s Tutorials for MeshLab.
3D Slicer's Tutorials.

Datasets

A Visual Computing Laboratory - ISTI - CNR initiative