A novel and efficient implementation of the marching cubes algorithm

Delibasis, KS; Matsopoulos, GK; Mouravliansky, NA; Nikita, KS

dc.contributor.author	Delibasis, KS	en
dc.contributor.author	Matsopoulos, GK	en
dc.contributor.author	Mouravliansky, NA	en
dc.contributor.author	Nikita, KS	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:16:02Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:16:02Z
dc.date.issued	2001	en
dc.identifier.issn	0895-6111	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/13890
dc.subject	3-D reconstruction	en
dc.subject	Isosurface	en
dc.subject	Marching cubes algorithm	en
dc.subject	Medical imaging	en
dc.subject.classification	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	en
dc.subject.other	Algorithms	en
dc.subject.other	Medical applications	en
dc.subject.other	Medical problems	en
dc.subject.other	Hole problems	en
dc.subject.other	Medical imaging	en
dc.subject.other	algorithm	en
dc.subject.other	anatomy	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	computer assisted tomography	en
dc.subject.other	head	en
dc.subject.other	human	en
dc.subject.other	image processing	en
dc.subject.other	intermethod comparison	en
dc.subject.other	nuclear magnetic resonance imaging	en
dc.subject.other	priority journal	en
dc.subject.other	technique	en
dc.subject.other	theory	en
dc.subject.other	three dimensional imaging	en
dc.subject.other	Algorithms	en
dc.subject.other	Humans	en
dc.subject.other	Imaging, Three-Dimensional	en
dc.subject.other	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	en
dc.subject.other	Models, Structural	en
dc.subject.other	Tomography, X-Ray Computed	en
dc.title	A novel and efficient implementation of the marching cubes algorithm	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0895-6111(00)00082-3	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0895-6111(00)00082-3	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2001	en
heal.abstract	In this paper, a novel and efficient implementation of the marching cubes (MC) algorithm is presented for the reconstruction of anatomical structures from real three-dimensional medical data. The proposed approach is based on a generic rule, able to triangulate all 15 standard cube configurations used in the classical MC algorithm as well as additional cases presented in the literature. The proposed implementation of the MC algorithm can handle the Type A 'hole problem' which occurs when at least one cube face has an intersection point in each of its four edges. Theoretical and experimental results demonstrate the ability of the new implementation to reproduce standard MC results, resolving Type A 'hole problem'. Finally, the proposed implementation was applied to real medical date to reconstruct anatomical structures. The output of the proposed technique is in WWW compliant format. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0895-6111(00)00082-3	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000169093900005	en
dc.identifier.volume	25	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	343	en
dc.identifier.epage	352	en