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From: rmr@mimsy.UUCP (Randy M. Rohrer)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: iso-surfaces in SciVi
Message-ID: <19889@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 29 Sep 89 20:27:52 GMT
Reply-To: rmr@mimsy.umd.edu (Randy M. Rohrer)
Organization: University of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Sci.
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        Lately, I have started to study scientific visualization (SciVi).
In fact, I attended SIGGRAPH '89 and participated in both SciVI courses.
However, there has been one concept that has puzzled me. Exactly,
what is an iso-surface? I think I have a pretty good idea but I am 
hoping that some of you SciVi people can provide a simple, short 
definition. It seems that most references use this term (iso-surface) 
frequently but they fail to define it.
                                  Any help would be appreciated.

          
                                   Thanks in advance.

                                   Randy Rohrer
                                   rmr@mimsy.umd.edu