title: New software developments for quality mesh generation and optimization from biomedical imaging data.
abstract: In this paper we present a new software toolkit for generating and optimizing surface and volumetric meshes from three-dimensional (3D) biomedical imaging data, targeted at image-based finite element analysis of some biomedical activities in a single material domain. Our toolkit includes a series of geometric processing algorithms including surface re-meshing and quality-guaranteed tetrahedral mesh generation and optimization. All methods described have been encapsulated into a user-friendly graphical interface for easy manipulation and informative visualization of biomedical images and mesh models. Numerous examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the described methods and toolkit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, USA. Electronic address: yuz@uwm.edu.
authors.forename: Zeyun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhanheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoshijima
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: Biomedical images; Geometric modeling; Surface re-meshing; Tetrahedral mesh generation; Tetrahedral mesh smoothing