<div dir="ltr">Hi Tom<br><br>Lucky you are not the only one who encountered with this problem.<br>If you develop with VTK this<a href="http://itk-insight-users.2283740.n2.nabble.com/How-to-smooth-the-segmented-surface-td7387850.html"> link</a> can help you, just follow the discussion and try to implement the suggested filters.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Hila<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Tom Schoenemann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:toms@indiana.edu" target="_blank">toms@indiana.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I have figured out how to create a surface from a file (using contour). However, the surface ends up looking like a step function, whereby the transitions are not smooth. I assume this is because the file used to create the surface has a voxel resolution that is coarse enough for these transitions are obvious. However, I'd like to smooth the surface in some way, to eliminate the obvious step transitions. I've tried the smooth function, but that has minimal effect on my image. I've also tried setting "compute normals" on the contour filter. This does smooth the edges, but it doesn't eliminate the obvious steps along the surface. Is there any way to smooth the surface even more, perhaps by iterations of eroding and dilating?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Any suggestions would be appreciated!</div><div><br></div><div>-Tom</div><div> <br><div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px"><div>_________________________________________________</div><div>P. Thomas Schoenemann</div><div><br></div><div><div>Associate Professor</div><div>Department of Anthropology</div><div>Indiana University</div>
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