Center for Human Modeling and Simulation
Title
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
11-2013
Publication Source
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2013)
Volume
32
Issue
6
Start Page
Article No. 188
DOI
10.1145/2508363.2508415
Abstract
Characters with precise internal anatomy are important in film and visual effects, as well as in medical applications. We propose the first semi-automatic method for creating anatomical structures, such as bones, muscles, viscera and fat tissues. This is done by transferring a reference anatomical model from an input template to an arbitrary target character, only defined by its boundary representation (skin). The fat distribution of the target character needs to be specified. We can either infer this information from MRI data, or allow the users to express their creative intent through a new editing tool. The rest of our method runs automatically: it first transfers the bones to the target character, while maintaining their structure as much as possible. The bone layer, along with the target skin eroded using the fat thickness information, are then used to define a volume where we map the internal anatomy of the source model using harmonic (Laplacian) deformation. This way, we are able to quickly generate anatomical models for a large range of target characters, while maintaining anatomical constraints.
Copyright/Permission Statement
© D. Ali-Hamadi et al. 2013. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in ACM Transaction on Graphics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2508363.2508415.
Keywords
character modeling
Recommended Citation
Ali-Hamadi, D., Liu, T., Gilles, B., Kavan, L., Faure, F., Palombi, O., & Cani, M. (2013). Anatomy Transfer. ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2013), 32 (6), Article No. 188-. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2508363.2508415
Date Posted: 13 January 2016
This document has been peer reviewed.