Volumetric mesh construction from scattered prior data: Application to cardiac MR image analysis

This paper approaches the problem of volumetric mesh creation from scattered prior data for biomechanical simulations using the Finite Element Method. In order to create high quality meshes, we investigate the use of implicit surface reconstruction methods, together with a novel “biting” meshing algorithm. The proposed method is fast, creates good quality meshes, and works in any dimension, even for complex topologies.