A comparison of fundamental methods for ISO surface extraction

  • Authors:
  • Jan Patera;Václav Skala

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

  • Venue:
  • Machine Graphics & Vision International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

This paper compares four fundamental methods for iso surface extraction based on cell decomposition to tetrahedra. The methods are compared both on mathematically generated data sets as well as on real data sets. The comparison using mathematical data is made from different points of view such, as area approximation, or volume approximation. On the other hand, the Hausdorff distance and the root mean square are used to compare methods on real data sets. The presented comparison can be of help when deciding which of the tested methods to choose, as well as when we need to compare a newly developed method with other existing approaches.