A NEW TETRAHEDRAL TESSELATION SCHEME FOR ISOSURFACE GENERATION

Authors
CHAN SL PURISIMA EO
Citation
Sl. Chan et Eo. Purisima, A NEW TETRAHEDRAL TESSELATION SCHEME FOR ISOSURFACE GENERATION, Computers & graphics, 22(1), 1998, pp. 83-90
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
Computers & graphics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00978493
Volume
22
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
83 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
0097-8493(1998)22:1<83:ANTTSF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The marching cubes algorithm is widely used to generate isosurfaces fr om a 3D scalar field. A major problem associated with it is the possib ility of mismatch between adjacent surface elements, leading to holes on the surface. In this work, we propose using a tetrahedral tesselati on of space which would eliminate this problem. Comparing with existin g remedies of the marching cubes method which subdivide each cube into tetrahedra, the current tesselation is more regular and symmetric. (C ) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.