{"title":"Fast generation and display of iso-surface wireframes","authors":"Michael J Laszlo","doi":"10.1016/1049-9652(92)90067-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The paper presents a method for generating and displaying wireframe approximations to surfaces of constant value (or <em>iso-surfaces</em>). Input to the method is a <em>data grid</em>, a volume decomposition with each of whose vertices is associated a scalar value. During a preprocessing phase, the method constructs a threshold-independent data structure based upon the given data grid. The data structure relates the edges of an iso-surface wireframe to the edges of the data grid, for all possible threshold values. During the subsequent rendering phase, the data structure supports efficient generation and display of the iso-surface wireframe corresponding to any selected threshold value. The technique is efficient enough to form the basis for an interactive software system for visualizing iso-surfaces.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100349,"journal":{"name":"CVGIP: Graphical Models and Image Processing","volume":"54 6","pages":"Pages 473-483"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/1049-9652(92)90067-8","citationCount":"14","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CVGIP: Graphical Models and Image Processing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/1049965292900678","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The paper presents a method for generating and displaying wireframe approximations to surfaces of constant value (or iso-surfaces). Input to the method is a data grid, a volume decomposition with each of whose vertices is associated a scalar value. During a preprocessing phase, the method constructs a threshold-independent data structure based upon the given data grid. The data structure relates the edges of an iso-surface wireframe to the edges of the data grid, for all possible threshold values. During the subsequent rendering phase, the data structure supports efficient generation and display of the iso-surface wireframe corresponding to any selected threshold value. The technique is efficient enough to form the basis for an interactive software system for visualizing iso-surfaces.