cs.CVJul 31, 2026

SCALP: Semi-Supervised Statistical Shape Modeling from Imperfect 3D Photogrammetry via Landmark-Anchored Spectral Warp

Authors: Nawazish KhanSanjay BhandariSarang JoshiAlzbeta NovotnaTiffany JeongLoretta BowmanMichael HernandezTobi Somorin+3 more

Abstract

Correspondence-based statistical shape modeling (SSM) is vital for population-level morphometric analysis, but conventional pipelines assume clean, fully registered surfaces. Real-world clinical photogrammetry scans are often noisy, partial, and cluttered, hindering the adoption of radiation-free surface imaging as a safe alternative to computed tomography (CT) for infant craniosynostosis. We present SCALP (Semi-supervised Correspondence via lAndmark Localization and sPectral warping), a two-stage framework that constructs consistent shape models directly from raw, imperfect surface scans. First, a semi-supervised Point Transformer leverages a small expert-annotated dataset alongside a large unlabeled cohort to accurately localize craniofacial landmarks with minimal annotation overhead. Second, these landmarks anchor a Laplace--Beltrami spectral deformation of an anatomical template, generating dense correspondences while naturally isolating the cranium from peripheral scanning clutter without manual preprocessing. Experiments on infant photogrammetry scans demonstrate that SCALP consistently outperforms state-of-the-art unsupervised point-cloud approaches, offering a clinically practical pathway toward objective, radiation-free head shape analysis.

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