Journal
COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING
Volume 392, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2022.114648
Keywords
Scan-based analysis; Isogeometric analysis (IGA); Finite Cell Method (FCM); Image filtering; Topology detection
Funding
- European Commission EACEA Agency [2013-0043]
- EM Joint Doctorate Simulation in Engineering and Entrepreneurship Development (SEED)
- MIUR-PRIN project XFAST-SIMS, Italy
- Nutils team, Netherlands
- [20173C478N]
- [113]
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This paper introduces an enhanced B-spline-based segmentation method and explains the effectiveness of local grayscale function refinement in repairing topological anomalies through Fourier analysis. A moving-window-based algorithm is proposed to detect topological anomalies, and Euler characteristic is used as a criterion to identify topological changes, presenting a topology-preserving THB-spline image segmentation strategy.
To exploit the advantageous properties of isogeometric analysis (IGA) in a scan-based setting, it is important to extract a smooth geometric domain from the scan data (e.g., voxel data). IGA-suitable domains can be constructed by convoluting the grayscale data using B-splines. A negative side-effect of this convolution technique is, however, that it can induce topological changes in the process of smoothing when features with a size similar to that of the voxels are encountered. This manuscript presents an enhanced B-spline-based segmentation procedure using a refinement strategy based on truncated hierarchical (TH)Bsplines. A Fourier analysis is presented to explain the effectiveness of local grayscale function refinement in repairing topological anomalies. A moving-window-based topological anomaly detection algorithm is proposed to identify regions in which the grayscale function refinements must be performed. The criterion to identify topological anomalies is based on the Euler characteristic, giving it the capability to distinguish between topological and shape changes. The proposed topology-preserving THB-spline image segmentation strategy is studied using a range of test cases. These tests pertain to both the segmentation procedure itself, and its application in an immersed IGA setting.
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