Fast re-rendering of volume and surface graphics by depth, color, and opacity buffering

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-251

  Bhalerao, A ^a   Pfister, Hanspeter ^b   Halle, Michael ^c   Kikinis, Ron ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification in volume rendering; Combining volume and surface graphics; Haptic rendering; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034267152     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-8415(00)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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