From the reviews: "This book reports on a broad assortment of research projects spanning the field of shape analysis, from the calibration of hyperspectral cameras to the tracking of movement by following the contours of objects. ... The research collected in this volume includes 2D and 3D shape analysis in both the discrete and continuous domains. ... this collection relevant to a wide-ranging audience, from novices to domain experts." (Alex Aved, Computing Reviews, August, 2013)

• Part I Discrete Shape Analysis: 1 Modeling Three-Dimensional Morse and Morse-Smale Complexes by L. Čomić et al.- 2 Geodesic Regression and its Application to Shape Analysis by P.Th.Fletcher.- 3 Segmentation and Skeletonization on Arbitrary Graphs Using Multiscale Morphology and Active Contours by P.Maragos and K.Drakopoulos.- 4 Refined Homotopic Thinning Algorithms and Quality Measures for Skeletonisation Methods by P.Peter and M.Breuß.- 5 Nested Sphere Statistics of Skeletal Models by S.M.Pizer et al.- 6 3D Curve Skeleton Computation and Use for Discrete Shape Analysis by G.Sanniti di Baja and C.Arcelli.- 7 Orientation and Anisotropy of Multi-component Shapes by J. Žunić and P.L.Rosin.- Part II Partial Differential Equations for Shape Analysis: 8 Stable semi-local features for non-rigid shapes by R.Litman et al.- 9 A brief survey on semi-Lagrangian schemes for image processing by E.Carlini et al.- 10 Shape reconstruction of symmetric surfaces using Photometric Stereo by R.Mecca and S.Tozza.- 11 Remeshing by Curvature Driven Diffusion by S.Morigi and M.Rucci.- 12 Group-valued Regularization for Motion Segmentation of Articulated Shapes by G.Rosman et al.- 13 Point Cloud Segmentation and Denoising via Constrained Nonlinear Least Squares Normal Estimates by E.Castillo et al.- 14 Distance Images and the Enclosure Field: Applications in Intermediate-Level Computer and Biological Vision by S.W.Zucker.- Part III Optimization Methods for Shape Analysis: 15 Non-rigid Shape Correspondence Using Pointwise Surface Descriptors and Metric Structures by A.Dubrovina et al.- 16 A Review of Geometry Recovery from a Single Image Focusing on Curved Object Reconstruction by M.R.Oswald et al.- 17 On Globally Optimal Local Modeling: From Moving Least Squares to Over-Parametrization by S. Shem-Tov et al.- 18 Incremental Level Set Tracking by S.Dekel et al.- 19 Simultaneous Convex Optimization of Regions and Region Parameters in Image Segmentation Models by E.Bae et al.- 20 Fluctuating Distance Fields, Parts, Three-Partite Skeletons by S.Tari.- 21 Integrated DEM Construction and Calibration of Hyperspectral Imagery: A Remote Sensing Perspective by Ch.Wöhler and A.Grumpe.- Index.

From the reviews: "This book reports on a broad assortment of research projects spanning the field of shape analysis, from the calibration of hyperspectral cameras to the tracking of movement by following the contours of objects. ... The research collected in this volume includes 2D and 3D shape analysis in both the discrete and continuous domains. ... this collection relevant to a wide-ranging audience, from novices to domain experts." (Alex Aved, Computing Reviews, August, 2013)

• Part I Discrete Shape Analysis: 1 Modeling Three-Dimensional Morse and Morse-Smale Complexes by L. Čomić et al.- 2 Geodesic Regression and its Application to Shape Analysis by P.Th.Fletcher.- 3 Segmentation and Skeletonization on Arbitrary Graphs Using Multiscale Morphology and Active Contours by P.Maragos and K.Drakopoulos.- 4 Refined Homotopic Thinning Algorithms and Quality Measures for Skeletonisation Methods by P.Peter and M.Breuß.- 5 Nested Sphere Statistics of Skeletal Models by S.M.Pizer et al.- 6 3D Curve Skeleton Computation and Use for Discrete Shape Analysis by G.Sanniti di Baja and C.Arcelli.- 7 Orientation and Anisotropy of Multi-component Shapes by J. Žunić and P.L.Rosin.- Part II Partial Differential Equations for Shape Analysis: 8 Stable semi-local features for non-rigid shapes by R.Litman et al.- 9 A brief survey on semi-Lagrangian schemes for image processing by E.Carlini et al.- 10 Shape reconstruction of symmetric surfaces using Photometric Stereo by R.Mecca and S.Tozza.- 11 Remeshing by Curvature Driven Diffusion by S.Morigi and M.Rucci.- 12 Group-valued Regularization for Motion Segmentation of Articulated Shapes by G.Rosman et al.- 13 Point Cloud Segmentation and Denoising via Constrained Nonlinear Least Squares Normal Estimates by E.Castillo et al.- 14 Distance Images and the Enclosure Field: Applications in Intermediate-Level Computer and Biological Vision by S.W.Zucker.- Part III Optimization Methods for Shape Analysis: 15 Non-rigid Shape Correspondence Using Pointwise Surface Descriptors and Metric Structures by A.Dubrovina et al.- 16 A Review of Geometry Recovery from a Single Image Focusing on Curved Object Reconstruction by M.R.Oswald et al.- 17 On Globally Optimal Local Modeling: From Moving Least Squares to Over-Parametrization by S. Shem-Tov et al.- 18 Incremental Level Set Tracking by S.Dekel et al.- 19 Simultaneous Convex Optimization of Regions and Region Parameters in Image Segmentation Models by E.Bae et al.- 20 Fluctuating Distance Fields, Parts, Three-Partite Skeletons by S.Tari.- 21 Integrated DEM Construction and Calibration of Hyperspectral Imagery: A Remote Sensing Perspective by Ch.Wöhler and A.Grumpe.- Index.

From the reviews: "This book reports on a broad assortment of research projects spanning the field of shape analysis, from the calibration of hyperspectral cameras to the tracking of movement by following the contours of objects. ... The research collected in this volume includes 2D and 3D shape analysis in both the discrete and continuous domains. ... this collection relevant to a wide-ranging audience, from novices to domain experts." (Alex Aved, Computing Reviews, August, 2013)

• Part I Discrete Shape Analysis: 1 Modeling Three-Dimensional Morse and Morse-Smale Complexes by L. Čomić et al.- 2 Geodesic Regression and its Application to Shape Analysis by P.Th.Fletcher.- 3 Segmentation and Skeletonization on Arbitrary Graphs Using Multiscale Morphology and Active Contours by P.Maragos and K.Drakopoulos.- 4 Refined Homotopic Thinning Algorithms and Quality Measures for Skeletonisation Methods by P.Peter and M.Breuß.- 5 Nested Sphere Statistics of Skeletal Models by S.M.Pizer et al.- 6 3D Curve Skeleton Computation and Use for Discrete Shape Analysis by G.Sanniti di Baja and C.Arcelli.- 7 Orientation and Anisotropy of Multi-component Shapes by J. Žunić and P.L.Rosin.- Part II Partial Differential Equations for Shape Analysis: 8 Stable semi-local features for non-rigid shapes by R.Litman et al.- 9 A brief survey on semi-Lagrangian schemes for image processing by E.Carlini et al.- 10 Shape reconstruction of symmetric surfaces using Photometric Stereo by R.Mecca and S.Tozza.- 11 Remeshing by Curvature Driven Diffusion by S.Morigi and M.Rucci.- 12 Group-valued Regularization for Motion Segmentation of Articulated Shapes by G.Rosman et al.- 13 Point Cloud Segmentation and Denoising via Constrained Nonlinear Least Squares Normal Estimates by E.Castillo et al.- 14 Distance Images and the Enclosure Field: Applications in Intermediate-Level Computer and Biological Vision by S.W.Zucker.- Part III Optimization Methods for Shape Analysis: 15 Non-rigid Shape Correspondence Using Pointwise Surface Descriptors and Metric Structures by A.Dubrovina et al.- 16 A Review of Geometry Recovery from a Single Image Focusing on Curved Object Reconstruction by M.R.Oswald et al.- 17 On Globally Optimal Local Modeling: From Moving Least Squares to Over-Parametrization by S. Shem-Tov et al.- 18 Incremental Level Set Tracking by S.Dekel et al.- 19 Simultaneous Convex Optimization of Regions and Region Parameters in Image Segmentation Models by E.Bae et al.- 20 Fluctuating Distance Fields, Parts, Three-Partite Skeletons by S.Tari.- 21 Integrated DEM Construction and Calibration of Hyperspectral Imagery: A Remote Sensing Perspective by Ch.Wöhler and A.Grumpe.- Index.