ADAPTIVE CUBE TESSELLATION FOR TOPOLOGICALLY CORRECT ISOSURFACES

Francisco Velasco, Juan Carlos Torres, Alejandro León, Francisco Soler

2007

Abstract

Three dimensional datasets representing scalar fields are frequently rendered using isosurfaces. For datasets arranged as a cubic lattice, the marching cubes algorithm is the most used isosurface extraction method. However, the marching cubes algorithm produces some ambiguities which have been solved using different approaches that normally implying a more complex process. One of them is to tessellate the cubes into tetrahedra, and by using a similar method (marching tetrahedra), to build the isosurface. The main drawback of other tessellations is that they do not produce the same isosurface topologies as those generated by improved marching cubes algorithms. We propose an adaptive tessellation that, being independent of the isovalue, produces the same topology for all the cases. Moreover the tessellation allows isosurface to evolve continuously when the isovalue is changed smoothly without extra computations.

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Velasco F., Carlos Torres J., León A. and Soler F. (2007). ADAPTIVE CUBE TESSELLATION FOR TOPOLOGICALLY CORRECT ISOSURFACES . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, ISBN 978-972-8865-71-9, pages 212-219. DOI: 10.5220/0002073602120219


in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp07,
author={Francisco Velasco and Juan Carlos Torres and Alejandro León and Francisco Soler},
title={ADAPTIVE CUBE TESSELLATION FOR TOPOLOGICALLY CORRECT ISOSURFACES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP,},
year={2007},
pages={212-219},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002073602120219},
isbn={978-972-8865-71-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP,
TI - ADAPTIVE CUBE TESSELLATION FOR TOPOLOGICALLY CORRECT ISOSURFACES
SN - 978-972-8865-71-9
AU - Velasco F.
AU - Carlos Torres J.
AU - León A.
AU - Soler F.
PY - 2007
SP - 212
EP - 219
DO - 10.5220/0002073602120219