[Insight-developers] Adopting QE for simplex mesh

[Alexandre GOUAILLARD]

For archive, I copy the e-mails to the list.

Of course, comments on leila questions or on my answers are welcome.

> Subject:
> adopting itkQEmesh
> From:
> Leila Baghdadi <baghdadi at phenogenomics.ca>
> Date:
> Mon, 12 May 2008 11:16:34 -0400
> To:
> alexandre_gouaillard at hms.havard.edu, Luis Ibanez
> <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>, Boettger at mail2.phenogenomics.ca, Thomas
> <thomas.boettger at siemens.com>
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Alex,
> 
> If you recall we had a quick conversation sometime back about adopting
> the QEmesh instead of simplex mesh for the deformable model class. I
> thought if I could ask a few quick questions I get a feel of how much
> work this would be for me and is it gonna recover everything I am
> interested in.
> 
> 1. How easy it is to replace the current simplex mesh with your mesh
> 
> right now as you know the pipeline is as follows.
> first create a triangle mesh and use the triangle to simplex mesh class
> and create a simplex mesh. This basically finds the centre of each
> triangle and uses those as vertexes of simplex mesh.
> 
> 
> 2. I see classes for joining and splitting faces and edges, how do you
> actually use these classes, i.e, do you need another class to figure out
> where you need to join/split and then call these classes, have you
> tested them.
> 
> 
> 3. Have you actually used the QEmesh with any deformable model class.
> 
> Leila
> 
> p.s I know thomas is on vacation so I am sure we will hear from him next
> week.

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