History of the Marching Cubes Algorithm

The Marching Cubes paper by Bill Lorensen and Harvey Cline, “Marching Cubes: A High Resolution 3D Surface Construction Algorithm,” was published at SIGGRAPH 1987.1 According to Google Scholar, their paper has 15,667 citations (as of January 17, 2020), the most highly cited paper in computer graphics...

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Published in:IEEE computer graphics and applications 2020-03, Vol.40 (2), p.8-15
Main Authors: Lorensen, William E., Johnson, Chris, Kasik, Dave, Whitton, Mary C.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Algorithms
Biological system modeling
Biomedical imaging
Brain modeling
Computational modeling
Computer graphics
History
Marching cubes algorithms
Scientific papers
Solid modeling
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Summary:The Marching Cubes paper by Bill Lorensen and Harvey Cline, “Marching Cubes: A High Resolution 3D Surface Construction Algorithm,” was published at SIGGRAPH 1987.1 According to Google Scholar, their paper has 15,667 citations (as of January 17, 2020), the most highly cited paper in computer graphics. Sadly, while writing this article Bill Lorensen passed away on December 12, 2019. Origins Department Editor Chris Johnson contributed the text in italics. EARLY
ISSN:0272-1716
1558-1756
DOI:10.1109/MCG.2020.2971284