Figure 3.

Sequence of steps to construct breast surface of patient: (a) Laser measurements, (b) 20 profiles estimated from the laser data are sampled (blue dots) at 22 different heights. For each height, a contour (black curve) is formed from the 20 profile samples to form 22 contours; (c) Points on contour are preprocessed to remove any self-intersecting curves, interpolating points are calculated between points, and splines fit the data to form a smooth model of contour. Contours are uniformly sampled to form a cloud of points (red dots),${\widehat{P}}_S$, that estimate the surface; (d) Tessellated surface model of breast formed from surface samples.