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Statistical Shape of 3D Objects.

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Screen Shot 2012-04-30 at 6.20.26 PMStatistical distribution of shape on a 3D object.

A bell pepper from Norman et al.

Each color represents a class of shape ala Koenderink’s “Shape Index”. The histogram below shows the distribution along with a key to the shape categories illustrated above.