Distance Fields in Visualization and Graphics

Miloš Šrámek
http://www.viskom.oeaw.ac.at/~ milos

Abstract:

We report on distance fields, i.e. 2D or 3D arrays which hold signed/unsigned distance to objects/features of interest Such fields are a powerful tool for the accomplishment of different tasks in 2D/3D image processing and analysis, computer vision, visualization and graphics.