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Original Articles

CVT-based 3D image segmentation and quality improvement of tetrahedral/hexahedral meshes using anisotropic Giaquinta-Hildebrandt operator

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Pages 331-342 | Received 18 Jul 2016, Accepted 29 Sep 2016, Published online: 11 Jan 2017

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