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Computing and Displaying Isosurfaces in R

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  • Feng, Dai
  • Tierney, Luke

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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 estimates, 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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  • Feng, Dai & Tierney, Luke, 2008. "Computing and Displaying Isosurfaces in R," Journal of Statistical Software, Foundation for Open Access Statistics, vol. 28(i01).
    • Handle: RePEc:jss:jstsof:v:028:i01
    DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10.18637/jss.v028.i01
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    1. Oliveira, María & Crujeiras, Rosa M. & Rodríguez-Casal, Alberto, 2014. "NPCirc: An R Package for Nonparametric Circular Methods," Journal of Statistical Software, Foundation for Open Access Statistics, vol. 61(i09).
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    3. Genolini, Christophe & Alacoque, Xavier & Sentenac, Mariane & Arnaud, Catherine, 2015. "kml and kml3d: R Packages to Cluster Longitudinal Data," Journal of Statistical Software, Foundation for Open Access Statistics, vol. 65(i04).
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