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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W21-2025-25-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>Buddhist Face Segmentation with 3D Point Clouds</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Pan</surname>
<given-names>Yuehan</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Luo</surname>
<given-names>Junqi</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4459-431X</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kong</surname>
<given-names>Gefei</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Fan</surname>
<given-names>Hongchao</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>School of Geomatics and Urban Spatial Informatics, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology, Heidelberg, Germany</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>17</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XLVIII-4/W21-2025</volume>
<fpage>25</fpage>
<lpage>30</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Yuehan Pan et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access">
<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Three-dimensional (3D) semantic segmentation of Buddhist heads is essential for digital heritage applications such as virtual restoration, conservation, and art-historical analysis. However, existing segmentation methods face challenges due to the complex geometry and degraded surfaces of heritage statues. This paper proposes an efficient method for face segmentation from 3D point clouds of Buddhist heads, leveraging geometric features and topological relationships. The approach comprises three stages: (1) symmetry-based rotation for orientation normalization, (2) vertical gridding and color mapping for depth-aware parameterization, and (3) hybrid segmentation using a Face Topology Graph (FTG) and the Segment Anything Model (SAM) with point and box prompts. Experiments on 50 Buddhist heads demonstrate the method&amp;rsquo;s efficiency and robustness, achieving an average IoU of 0.73 across seven facial components. The proposed workflow provides a scalable solution for semantic 3D modeling of heritage artifacts, supporting accurate analysis and interactive visualization.</p>
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