[vtkusers] Build 3D Mesh from vtkImageData using vtkMarchingCubes - holes filling ?

[Malsoaz James]

Dear VTK users

I'm trying to build a 3D mesh from a vtkImageData using vtkMarchingCubes.
The vtkImageData is build from a list of 2D binary slices.

vtkMarchingCubes works great. But when a slice(s) is(are) missing, it creates a hole in the 3D mesh (see image in attachment).

1 - How can I fill this kind of hole ? Ideally, I would like to link the two parts of the mesh

2 - I found a solution in the use of a resampler (vtkImageResample, vtkImageShrink3D, don't know which one is recommanded). Unfortunately, it sometimes produces ugly mesh with "stair effect" when the spacing is too big (still there after decimate and smooth). Is it a good solution ? How to solve the stair problem ?

3 - Browsing the mailing list brings me to the notion of "repair hole" for marching cubes. I don't know a lot about it. But should I look into this ? Some solutions exist for this such as http://www.opentopology.org/

4 - Is vtkMarchingCubes the class I should use for my purpose or should I look at vtkVoxelContoursSurfaceFilter or any other filter ?


Thank you for you help.
Best.
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