3D content-based search and retrieval using the 2D polar wavelet transform

In this paper, the 2D polar wavelet transform is proposed for content based search and retrieval of 3D objects. After the decomposition of a 3D object´s volume into a set of planes, the 2D polar wavelet transform is applied to each of them, generating a set of 2D rotation invariant features. These features comprise the input to the spherical trace transform for the final descriptor extraction, which is used for the shape matching. The 2D wavelet transform demonstrated experimentally a high discriminative power, as compared to other existing methods.