Surface Curvature from Range Images (or Depth Maps)

[Stéfan van der Walt]

Dear Michael

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Brickle Macho <bricklemacho at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have implemented mean and gaussian curvature methods in python and thought
> they may be appropriate for inclusion to skimage.  An outline of the code is
> provided below.  It assumes a surface defined as a function of two
> coordinates, e.g. z = Z(x, y).  The curvature calculations are from the
> following two papers

Thank you for your post, and sorry for not responding earlier: I was
hoping someone more knowledgeable would jump in.  Since I am not that
person, would you mind explaining to me the gist of this work, and
what it aims to do, perhaps with some example images?

Thanks!
Stéfan