Mesh from Images
Version 11 introduces the ImageMesh function for conversion from 2D and 3D images to meshes.
Obtain an image of the Great Salt Lake and a segmentation via region growing.
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orig = EntityValue[Entity["Lake", "GreatSaltLake::yw8cf"], "Image"];
img = RegionBinarize[orig, \!\(\*
GraphicsBox[
TagBox[RasterBox[CompressedData["
1:eJzt1jEKwkAQQNFdK0uv4C1sLW0VD6AYxSZCFMRzCJ7XiF3SzFb7lf8ggUCK
D8MmM99f1sdJSuk67W/r3X3ZdbvHZtY/bNvr+dQ2h1V7a05Nt9h/Xnv21ytJ
kiRJkiRJkn5H7tVuGLMqzqo4q+KsiuNW8bKsimNWfbNwXVbF5Yzuqp0xZFUB
dBaui5kF/T5AsxJ1jNAsq0qgs3BlOSPDMrMLmvUBDcNnsbqov2x4FrWrdscA
NIu6SjCzoEOEZlGniF5Ta0eMmVXCqjjmCJlV5KzaDWNWxXGreFnMKvAIazeM
MUfIXEmtKsCs8hSWsCrOqjhmlSRJkiRJkvS/3tRrD1M=
"], {{0, 147}, {150,
0}}, {0, 1},
ColorFunction->GrayLevel],
BoxForm`ImageTag["Bit", ColorSpace -> Automatic, Interleaving -> None],
Selectable->False],
DefaultBaseStyle->"ImageGraphics",
ImageSizeRaw->{150, 147},
PlotRange->{{0, 150}, {0, 147}}]\), 1/5];
GraphicsRow[{orig, img}]
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Create a 2D mesh of the image.
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ImageMesh[img]
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Obtain a 3D image of an engine.
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img = Import["ExampleData/CTengine.tiff", "Image3D"]
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Create a 3D mesh of the engine.
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ImageMesh[img]
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