Abstract: This paper describes the work that has been done during the first year of the 3-SHIRT project, which aims at developing innovative solutions in all the phases of content-based 3D shape retrieval, namely: shape analysis and segmentation, design of shape descriptors, shape indexing and matching, and evaluation.

Authors: U. Castellani, G.M. Cortelazzo, M. Cristani, E. Delponte, A. Fusiello, A. Giachetti, S. Mizzaro, F. Odone, E. Puppo, R. Scateni, P. Zanuttigh.
3-SHIRT: Three-Dimensional Shape Indexing and Retrieval Techniques.
EuroGraphics Italian Chapter 2008, 113-120.
Salerno, Italia, Luglio 2008