Julius Parulek, Milos Sramek, Ivan Zahradnik
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University
Department of Computer graphics and Image Processing
842 48 Bratislava
Slovakia
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e-mail: julius.parulek@savba.sk |
http://pec.upc.uniba.sk/~parulek/ |
Keywords:
Muscle cells, Geometrical 3D modelling, Implicit surfaces.Abstract
A geometrical modelling tool allowing construction of models of living cells and their organelles would facilitate understanding of biological processes at the cellular level. Here we describe a technique of skeletal muscle cells modelling, and a construction of the model based on the theory of implicit surfaces and their binary operations. The geometry of the cell is defined by means of parallel modelling planes perpendicular to its longitudinal axis. In each plane, the number, shape and topology of cell organelles is defined by means of functionally represented polygons. The model is obtained by interpolation between the planes. This approach allows to generate approximations of surfaces and to estimate the volume and surface densities of organelles in the model.