Computing and displaying isosurfaces in R

Dai Feng; Luke Tierney

doi:10.18637/jss.v028.i01

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Computing and displaying isosurfaces in R

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Computing and displaying isosurfaces in R

Dai Feng and Luke Tierney

Journal of statistical software, Vol.28(1), pp.1-24

09/01/2008

DOI: 10.18637/jss.v028.i01

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Abstract

This paper presents R utilities for computing and displaying isosurfaces, or three-dimensional contour surfaces, from a three-dimensional array of function values. A version of the marching cubes algorithm that takes into account face and internal ambiguities is used to compute the isosurfaces. Vectorization is used to ensure adequate performance using only R code. Examples are presented showing contours of theoretical densities, density estimatates,and medical imaging data. Rendering can use the rgl package or standard or grid graphics, and a set of tools for representing and rendering surfaces using standard or grid graphics is presented.

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Title: Subtitle: Computing and displaying isosurfaces in R
Creators: Dai Feng - Univ Iowa, Dept Stat & Actuarial Sci, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
Luke Tierney - Univ Iowa, Dept Stat & Actuarial Sci, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of statistical software, Vol.28(1), pp.1-24
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v028.i01
ISSN: 1548-7660
eISSN: 1548-7660
Publisher: JOURNAL STATISTICAL SOFTWARE
Number of pages: 24
Grant note: DMS06-04593; DMS06-18883 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
Language: English
Date published: 09/01/2008
Academic Unit: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Record Identifier: 9984257612002771

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