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Güdükbay, U., Özgüç, B., Memişoğlu, A., Yeşil, M.Š. (2008). Modeling, Animation, and Rendering of Human Figures. In: Ozaktas, H.M., Onural, L. (eds) Three-Dimensional Television. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72532-9_7

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