Metrics and Generation Specifications for Comparing Volume-rendered Images

Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-178

  Williams, Peter L ^a,b,c,d,e   Uselton, Samuel P ^a,f,g  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e ASCI Visualization Research Group   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Image comparison metrics; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006664348     PISSN: 10498907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1778(199907/09)10:3<159::AID-VIS205>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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