Editing Isosurface (section)

== Applications ==
Isosurfaces are normally displayed using [[computer graphics]], and are used as data visualization methods in [[computational fluid dynamics]] (CFD), allowing engineers to study features of a [[fluid flow]] (gas or liquid) around objects, such as aircraft [[wing]]s. An isosurface may represent an individual [[shock wave]] in [[supersonic]] flight, or several isosurfaces may be generated showing a sequence of pressure values in the air flowing around a wing.  Isosurfaces tend to be a popular form of visualization for volume datasets since they can be rendered by a simple polygonal model, which can be drawn on the screen very quickly.

In [[medical imaging]], isosurfaces may be used to represent regions of a particular [[density]] in a three-dimensional [[Computed tomography|CT]] scan, allowing the visualization of internal [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]]s, [[bone]]s, or other structures.

Numerous other disciplines that are interested in three-dimensional data often use isosurfaces to obtain information about  [[pharmacology]], [[chemistry]], [[geophysics]] and [[meteorology]].